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" 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... "
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with notes, Volume 10

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 286 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...Harrison : In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, XVIII. Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Original Editions, with ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison Kven al From all I may be, or have been before, Нзгrison. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass he:, Save thine ' incomparable oil,1 Macassar!*...
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Primer of English Verse: Chiefly in Its Æsthetic & Organic Character

Hiram Corson - 1892 - 248 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! 'Tis pity learned virgins ever wed With persons of no sort of education, Or gentlemen, who, though...
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Primer of English Verse: Chiefly in Its Æsthetic & Organic Character

Hiram Corson - 1892 - 248 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...made by Harrison: In virtues nothing earthly could suq^ass her, Save thine 'incomparable oil,' Macassar! 'Tis pity learned virgins ever wed With persons...
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The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 11

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1900 - 544 pages
...long, long, long ago; 3 I asked you for it at least three years since. See Longman's advertisements. 1. "In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar ! " Don Juan, Canto I. stanza xvii. 737.—To Richard Belgrave Hoppner. Padua, June 2 A . 1819. MY...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

1903 - 1186 pages
...alone ! On my Thirty-sixth Tear. Brave men were living before Agamemnon.1 Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 6. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar ! Stanza n. But, oh ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, — have they not henpeck'd you...
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The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 652 pages
...in 1809.] 4. [Pope, Rape of the Loch, Canto II. line 17.] So far above the cunning powers of Hell, Even her minutest motions went as well As those of the best time-piece made by Harrison: * Her Guardian Angel had given up his garrison; Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar! a In virtues...
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Works: A New, Rev. and Enl. Ed., with Illus, Volume 11

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922 - 548 pages
...long, long ago ; 3 I asked you for it at least three years since. See Longman's advertisements. 1. "In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar ! " Don Juan, Canto I. stanza xvii. 2. Historical Memoirs of my own Time from 1772 /" 1784. by Sir...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...comparison; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison; the netted canopy, The hoarse command, the busy humming...tops are mann'd on high: Hark, to the Boatswain's ! XVIII Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first...
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The Complete Poetical Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 pages
...comparison; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison; and wine. And scatter'd cities crowning these. Whose...see With double joy wert thou with me. And peasant g ! XVIII Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid iu this naughty world of ours, Where our first...
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