To bloom restor'd the faded maid ; He gave each muscle all its strength; The mouth, the chin, the nose's length; His honest pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He lost his friends, his practice fail'd ; Truth should not always... Fablesvon John Gay - 1795 - 165 SeitenAuszug - Über dieses Buch
| John Gay - 1770 - 204 Seiten
...faded maid : He gave each mufcle all its ftrength ; The mouth, the chin, the nofe's length, His honeft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his praftice fail'd ; Truth mould not always bereveal'd; In dufty piles his pictures... | |
| John Gay - 1773 - 388 Seiten
...grand'arte, e cura. He gave each mufcle all its ftrength ; The mouth, the chin, the nofe's length, His honeft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his practice fail'd ; Truth fhould not always be reveal'd. .. In dufty piles his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 362 Seiten
...maid ; He gave each mufele all its ftrength; The mouth, the chin, the nofe's length; 20 His honeft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his praftice fail'd ; Truth fliould not always be reveal'd : In dufty piles his piftures... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 316 Seiten
...; He gave e»eh mufcle all its ftrength ; . The mouth, the chin, the nofe's length ; z« His honeft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his practice fail'd ; Truth ilioukl not always be reveal'd : In dufty piles his piftures... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 Seiten
...faded maid ; He gave each mufclc all its ftrength ; The mouth, the chin, the nofc's length. H'n honcft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his practice fail'd ; Truth mould not always be rcveai'dj In dufty piles his pictures... | |
| 1794 - 918 Seiten
...faded maid ; He gave each mufcle all its ftrcngtb ; The mouth, the chin, the nofc's length; His honed pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He plac'd in view ; refolv'd to pleiíc*, Whoever fat he drew from thefc, From thefe corrected every feature,... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 Seiten
...faded maid ; He gave each mufcle all its flrength ; The month, the chin, the nofe's length; His honeil pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He plac'd in view ; refolv'd to {-leaf:. Whoever fat he drew from thefe, From thefe correaed every feature,... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 424 Seiten
...complexion, feature, air, So just, the life itself was therei Ho flatt'ry with his colours laid, To bloom restor'd the faded maid; He gave each muscle...strength ; The mouth, the chin, the nose's length ; 39 His honest pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. Diij He lost his friends,... | |
| John Gay - 1799 - 280 Seiten
...faded maid, He gave eich mufcle all its ftrength, The mouth, the chin, the nofe's length His houeft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his- pra&ice fail'd, Truth mould not always be reveal'di In dufty piles his pi&ure... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 Seiten
...faded maid ; He gave each mufcle all its ftrength } The mouth, the chin, the nofe't lioith i His honeft pencil touch'd with truth, And mark'd the date of age and youth. He loft his friends, his practice fail'd ; Truth fhould not always bereveal'd: In dully piles his pictures... | |
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