| JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...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 charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told me he was mistaken in... | |
| Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 488 σελίδες
...! 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.... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 σελίδες
...? 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...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 556 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...face : Yet Vane could tell, what ills from Beauty spring ; And Sedley cursed the charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told him he was mistaken,... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 σελίδες
...wise: From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show! The vt v spring; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
| James Boswell - 1901 - 408 σελίδες
...in question :— ' In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of human Wishes there is the following passage;— " The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane," etc. 'Lord Hailes told him [Johnson] he was mistaken in the instances be had given of unfortunate fair... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 σελίδες
...wise: 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; Yet Varfe could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 σελίδες
...dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, 320 Begs for each birth the fortune of 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, When... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 σελίδες
...dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, 320 Begs for each birth the fortune of 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, When... | |
| William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1911 - 792 σελίδες
...! 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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