 Twas but in a sort I blamed thee: None e'er prosper'd who defamed thee; Irony all, and feign'd abuse, Such as perplex'd lovers use, At a need, when, in despair To paint forth their fairest fair, Or in part but to express That exceeding comeliness Which...  The Works of Charles Lamb - Seite 36von Charles Lamb - 1818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 606 Seiten
...defamed thee; Irony all and feign'd abuse, Such as perplex' d lovers use, At a need, when, in despair _To paint forth their fairest fair, Or in part but to...express That exceeding comeliness Which their fancies docs so strike, They borrow language of dislike; Aud instead of Dearest Miss, Jewel, Honey, Sweetheart,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 Seiten
...None e'er prosper'd who dd'um*d tbeej . Irony all, and fcign'd abase, Such as perplext lovers use, At a need, when in despair To paint forth their fairest...Sweetheart, Bliss, And those forms of old admiring, Call her Cockatriee and Siren, Basilisk, and all that's evil, Witch, Hyaena, Mermaid, Devil, Bthiop wench, and... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 320 Seiten
...virtue ; Blisters on the tongue would hurt you. "f vvus but in a sort I blam'd thee ; None e'er prosper^ who defam'd thee ; Irony all, and feign'd abuse, Such...exceeding comeliness Which their fancies doth so strike, Thfey borrow language of dislike ; And, instead of Dearest Miss, Jewel, Honey, Sweetheart, Bliss, And... | |
 | 1819 - 792 Seiten
...None e'er prosper 'd who defam'd thee ; Irony all, and feign'd abuse, Such as perplext lovers use, At a need, when, in despair, To paint forth their...Sweetheart, Bliss, And those forms of old admiring, CaO her Cockatrice and Siren, Basüók, and all that's evil, Hitch, Hyena, Mermaid, Devil, Ethiop,... | |
 | 1819 - 792 Seiten
...abuse, Su -ft i5 perplext lovers use, At a need, when, in despair, To paint forth their fairest fiur, Or in part but to express That exceeding comeliness...language of dislike ; And, instead of Dearest Miss, Jfwel, Honey, Sweetheart, Blis«, And those forms of old admiring, Call her Cockatrice and Siren, BisiHsk,... | |
 | 1821 - 410 Seiten
...; JVotw e'er prosper'd who defanCd thee ; Irony all, andfeign'd abuse, Such as perplext lovers use, At a need, when, in despair. To paint forth their...Call her Cockatrice and Siren ; Basilisk, and all thafs evil, Witch, Hyena, Mermaid, Devil, Ethiop, Wench, and Blackamoor, Monkey, Ape, and twenty more... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822 - 430 Seiten
...thee; None e'er prosper'd who defam'd thee ; Irony all, and feign'd abuse, Such as perplext lovers use, At a need, when, in despair, To paint forth their...That exceeding comeliness Which their fancies doth so ttriite, They borrow language of dislike ; And, instead of Dearest Sliss, Jewel, Honey, Sweetheart,... | |
 | 1823 - 734 Seiten
...Sometimes would he defame, " after a sort " his printed (not painted) mistresses. As perplexed lovers use At a need, when in despair, To paint forth their fairest...fancies doth so strike, They borrow language of dislike. no other way they know A contentment to express, Borders so upon excess, That they do not rightly wot... | |
 | 1823 - 732 Seiten
...Sometimes would he defame, " after a sort " his printed (not painted) mistresses. As perplexed lovers use At a need, when in despair, To paint forth their fairest...Or in part but to express That exceeding comeliness M'hich their fancies doth so itrike, They borrow language of dislike. ...; no other way they know A... | |
 | 1824 - 340 Seiten
...None e'erproaper'd who defamed thee Irony all, and feign 'd abuse, A Such as perplex' d lovers use, At a need, when, in despair, To paint forth their...That exceeding comeliness Which their fancies doth m strike, They borrow language of dislike ; And, instead of Dearest Miss, Jewel, Honey, Sweetheart,... | |
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