 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 σελίδες
...and straws, and feathers. The current of a female mind t • Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round together draws Fools, fops, and...no women's hearts Are won by virtue, wit, and parts : Nur are the men of sense to blame, For breasts incapable of flame ; The fault must on the nymphs... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 σελίδες
...chaff, and straws and feathers. The current of a female mind stops thus, and turns with every wind ; thus whirling round together draws fools, fops, and...won by virtue, wit, and parts: nor are the men of sense to blame, for breasts incapable the fault must on the nymphs be plac'd, grown so corrupted in... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 384 σελίδες
...of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round together draws Foolp, fops, and rakes, for chaff and straws. Hence we conclude,...won by virtue, wit, and parts: Nor are the men of sense to blame, For breasts incapable of flame ; The fault must on the nymphs be plac'd, Grown so corrupted... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 σελίδες
...chaff, and straws, and feathers. t The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round together draws Fools, fops, and...won by virtue, wit, and parts : Nor are the men of sense to blame, For breasts incapable of flame ; The fault must on the nymphs be plao'd, Grown so corrupted... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 524 σελίδες
...And in its narrow circle gathers The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round together draws Fools, fops, and...won by virtue, wit, and parts : Nor are the men of sense to blame, For breasts incapable of flame ; The fault must on the nymphs be plac'd, Grown so corrupted... | |
 | Mary Brunton - 1814 - 318 σελίδες
...chaff, and straw, and feathers. The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind. Thus whirling round, together draws, Fools, fops, and rakes, for chaff and straws. SWIFT. I IMAGINE that such of my readers as are still in their teens, and of course expect to find... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 σελίδες
...chaff, and straws, and feathers, 'Die current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round together draws Fools, fops, and...won by virtue, wit, and parts : Nor are the men of sense to blame, For breasts incapable of flame ; The fault must on the nymphs be plac'd, Grown so corrupted... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 σελίδες
...chaff, and straws, and feathers: The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind; Thus whirling round, together draws Fools, fops,'...won by virtue, wit, and parts ; Nor are the men of sense to blame For breasts incapable of flame; The fault must on the nymphs be placed, Grown so corrupted... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 352 σελίδες
...chaff, and straws, and feathers : The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round, together draws Fools, fops, and...won by virtue, wit, and parts; Nor are the men of sense to blame For breasts incapable of flame ; The fault must on the nymphs be plac'd, Grown so corrupted... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 σελίδες
...chaff, and straws and feathers. The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; . Hall noywomen's hearts Are won by virtue, wit, and parts: Nor are the men of sense to blame, For breasts... | |
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If a small breeze obstruct the course, It whirls about, for want of force, And in its narrow circle gathers Nothing but chaff, and straws, and feathers. The current of a female mind Stops thus, and turns with every wind ; Thus whirling round together... 
