 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...poetic works : Mean time the boy in secret lurks ; And, while the book was in her band, The urchiu from his private stand Took aim, and shot with all...more moving than the rest, Stuck to the point that pierc d her breast, And, borne directly to the heart, With pains unknown, increas'd her smart, Vanessa,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...wit, And call'd for his poetic works : Mean time the boy in si'cret kirks ; And, while the book wax in her hand, The urchin from his private stand Took aim, and shot witli all his strength A dart of such prodigious length, It pierc'd the fppble volume through, And... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 412 pages
...Vanessa much esteem'd his wit, And call'd for his poetic works : Mean time the boy in secret lurks ; And, while the book was in her hand, The urchin from...And, borne directly to the heart, With pains unknown, iucreas'd her smart. Vanessa, not in years a score, Dreams of a gown of forty-four ; Imaginary charms... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 pages
...Vanessa much esteem'd his wit, And call'd for his poetic works : Meantime the boy in secret lurks ; And, while the book was in her hand, The urchin from...bosom too. Some lines, more moving than the rest, . . .• , i Stuck to the point that pierc'd her breast, And, borne directly to the heart, • •... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1816 - 138 pages
...Vanessa much esteem'd his wit, And cáll'd for his poetic works : Meantime the boy in secret lurks, And, while the book was in her hand, The urchin from...directly to the heart, With pains unknown increas'd her smart.1 Carm. xxxiii. Pessimapuella. An expression of endearment. In like manner Antipho addresses... | |
 | George Crabb - 1818 - 1000 pages
...on his haunch, or Jatttta on his heels, Guards as he turu?, and circles as be wheefc. Pore. fióme lines more moving than the rest, Stuck to the point that pierc'd her breast. SWIFT. TO FIX, SETTLE, ESTABLISH. FIX, in Latin fixi perfect of figo, nnd in Greek v.yr, signifies... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...estcem'd his wit, And call'd for his poetic works : Meantime the boy in secret lurks ; And, while die ious horrour creeps o'er all. Or, frequent in the...hasty from the side-long maid, On purpose guardlesK, Preams of a gown of forty-four ; Imaginary charms can find In eyes with reading almost blind : Cadenus... | |
 | 1826 - 602 pages
...writ; Vanessa much esteem'd his wit, And call'd for his poetic works: Meantime the boy in secret lurks, And, while the book was in her hand, The urchin from his private stand Took aim, and shot with all hia strength A dart of such prodigious length, It pierced the feeble volume through, And deep transfix'd... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...for his poetic works ; ' Meantime the boy in secret lurks, And, while the book was in her hand, 1 he urchin from his private stand Took aim, and shot with...his strength A dart of such prodigious length, It pierced the feeble volume through, And deep transfix'd her bosom too. Some lines, more moving than... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...She need no rivals apprehend. Her sex, with universal voice, Must laugh at her capricious choice.' Took aim, and shot with all his strength A dart of such prodigious length, It pierced the feeble volume through, And deep transfix'd her bosom too. Some lines, .more moving than... | |
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Cadenus many things had writ ; Vanessa much esteem'd his wit, And call'd for his Poetic Works ; Meantime the boy in secret lurks. And, while the book was in her hand, The urchin from his private stand Took aim, and shot with all his strength A dart of... 
