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| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1875 - 444 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...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... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 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 L St. 17. But — oh ! ye lords of ladies intellectual 1 • Inform us truly have... | |
| 1877 - 362 pages
...— Be to her VIRTUES very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind.— PRIOR, An English Padlock. — In VIRTUES nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar ! Virtues. — Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own sc proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...bowers, Where all was peace, and innocence, and bliss, (I wonder how they got through the twelve hours), L> j G+ " ^7k . rV/: RV E 0 ll G %Z #䣚 z n k矫) M{^G 7 @ }p XIX. He was a mortal of the careless kind, With no great love for learning or the learn'd, Who chose... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 684 pages
...bowers, Where all was peace, and innocence, and bliss, (1 wonder how they got through the twelve hours), Don Jose, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking various fruit without her leave. XIX. He was a mortal of the careless kind. With no great love for learning or the learn'd, Who chose... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 802 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison iven the d n virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar ! * XVIII. :>erfect... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...moon shone, we did not see the candle ; So doth the greater glory dim the less. Sh. M. of Yen. v. 1. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil" Macassar ! Byron, l). J. i. 17. COMPASSION— ses Pity. Press not a falling man too far ; 'tis virtue. Sh. Hen.... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...with reverential tread, Into that mountain mystery. «. WHITHER Mountain Pictures. No. 2. PERFUMERY. rder : Wilt thou then Spurn at his edict, and fulfill a man's ? Take heed; for he hold i*. BïRON--Z)on Juan. Canto I. St. 17. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss-gentleman... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...alone ! On my Thirty-sixth Tear. Brave men were living before Agamemnon.1 Dun Juan. Canto i. Stnnzn 5. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar! Stanza 17. But, O ye lords of ladies intellectual! Inform us truly have they not henpecked you all... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...see the candle ; So doth the greater glory dim the less. 721 Shstks. : Mer. of Venice. Act v. Sc. 1. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar! 722 Byron : Don Juan. Canto i. St. 17. COMPASSION — see Pity. Press not a falling man too far ; 'tis... | |
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