 Oh ! she was perfect, past all parallel — Of any modern female saint's comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison ; Even her minutest motions went as well As those of the best time-piece made by...  MacMillan's Magazine - Page 381edited by - 1869Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...KarriIs! virtues nothing earthly could iiirptisb l;ar, Save thine ' incomparable c',\,' Macassar!* XVIII. Perfect she was ; but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of curs, Where our first parents never learn'd to kiss Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers,... | |
 | 1869 - 124 pages
...dimity, Her evening, silk, or, in the summer muslin, And other stuffs with which I won't stay puzzling. Perfect she was — but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first parents never learn'd to kiss, Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers, Where... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...great cause. Marino Falicro. Act ii. Sc. 2. Born in a garret, in the kitchen bred. A Sketch. DON JUAN. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil' Macassar ! Canto i. Stan2n 17. But, O ye lords of ladies intellectual ! Inform us truly, have they not hen-pecked... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1870 - 504 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison : Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...Jose, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking various fruits without her leave. He was a mortal of the careless kind, With no great love for learning or... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1870 - 500 pages
...s*com pan son ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison : Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...Jose, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking various fruits without her leave. He was a mortal of the careless kind, With no great love for learning or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 768 pages
...parallel — Of any modern female saint's comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, îven the Beneath avenging Monkir's scythe ; § And from its torment 'scape alo Кл rison. 'n virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar... | |
 | William Watts - 1872 - 114 pages
...Fair. To turn the riffraff into grand dwellings, would verify the saying of bogs ia clean parlors. J " Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first parents never learned to kiss, Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers, Where... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 368 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison ; Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar ! M Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first parents... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 404 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison ; Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar ! M Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first parents... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...fruits of love are gone ; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone ! On my Thirty-sixth Year. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar ! Don Juan. Canto 1. St. 17. But — oh ! ye lords of ladies intellectual ! Inform us truly have they... | |
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