 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 500 σελίδες
...passage, again, the folly of an excessive care for beauty is implied by examples, but not expressed : The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Such arguments from example as these have no... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 σελίδες
...of charms ? Rambler, vol. 3. The Danger of Beauty. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Reg's for each birth the fortune of a face; Yet Vane could tell what ills from Beauty spring, And Sfdley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes", Whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 σελίδες
...! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : 320 Yet Vane2 could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley3 cursed the form that pleased... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 σελίδες
...! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : 320 Yet Vane2 could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley3 cursed the form that pleased... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...distinguish so." In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes there is the following passage : — " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs, for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring: And Sedley cursed the charnu which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told me he was mistaken in... | |
 | 1863 - 588 σελίδες
...reminiscences of their last sayings. JT Barnsbury. fHtiun- fairs'. Miss VAME : DISAPPOINTED LOVE. — " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the ' fortune of a face ; ' Yet Vane can tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley cursed the charms that pleased a king." Johnson.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 σελίδες
...peace. From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 σελίδες
...! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The n while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart...this bo joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who spring; And Scdley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes. Whom... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 σελίδες
...; — ' In Dr. Johnson's Vanity o/Яиman Wtihts there is tho following passage : — " The tceming I 2 r. / aE 5TE_ Hz -) B mKDA @ B > ;R4# j ? k V n ^Xu\ ete. '-Lord Haiiea told him [Johnson! he was mistaken in the instances he had given of unIortunate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 76 σελίδες
...wise! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face; 320 Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.... | |
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The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. 
