 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 Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...comparison; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison; fflin and Company ! XVIII Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1098 pages
...Harrison: In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar ! XVIII Gordon Byron Byron Where our first parents never learn'd to kiss Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers, 140... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 pages
...flower on earth Is virtue, the only lasting treasure, truth. 5527 Cowper : Task. Bk. iii. Line 266 In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar! 5528 Byron : Don Juan. Canto i. St. 17, PIXEN. j)oubt not her care should be To comb your noddle with... | |
 | Erroll Sherson - 1926 - 396 pages
...incomparables de 1'Huile de Macassar ". Byron remembered this hairdressing puff when he wrote in Don Juan : In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her Save thine incomparable oil " Macassar ". Another important matter was that these erections should be most carefully preserved once they were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...past all parallel — Of any modem female saint's comparison ; 6î8 629 Even her minutest motions weut as well As those of the best time-piece made by Harrison:...surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar ! ХУШ. Perfect she was, bat as perfection is Insipid in this naaghty world of oars, Where our first... | |
 | Frank W. Hoffmann, William G. Bailey - 1994 - 336 pages
...to slicking their hair into place with the Macassar Oil noted by Byron in his epic poem, Don Juan: In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar! This hair oil was reputed to have been extracted from the nut kernel of trees growing on the Celebes... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...comparison; 150 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! XVIII Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours. Where our first... | |
 | Thomas Rommel - 1995 - 420 pages
...all was <524#5/3> peace and innocence and bliss </> (I wonder how they got through the twelve hours). Don Jose, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking various fruit without her leave. Der Strophentext wird ausgeblendet, die Akkumulation unter Voranstellung der Codierung zergliedert,... | |
 | Kenneth Koch - 1999 - 324 pages
...'twas philosophy that this did; I can't help thinking puberty assisted; and of Juan's prudish mother, In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar! (BYRON, Don Juan) It's a happy surprise to see a poet being so frivolous, masterful, and free with... | |
 | Jack Lagan - 2003 - 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 the best time-piece made by Harrison. From Don Juan by Lord Byron ( 1 788-1 824) Byron died in 1824 of marsh fever whilst trying to organise... | |
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