 | A. B. England - 1980 - 252 pages
...Vanessa much esteem 'd his Wit, And call'd for his Poetick Works; Mean time the Boy in secret lurks, And while the Book was in her Hand, The Urchin from...such prodigious Length, It pierc'd the feeble Volume thro', And deep transfix'd her Bosom too. Some Lines, more moving than the rest, Stuck to the Point... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1826 - 604 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...private stand Took aim, and shot with all his strength Л dart of such prodigious length, It pierced the feeble volume through, And deep transfix'd her bosom... | |
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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... 
