Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds... Joe Miller's Jests: With Copious Additions - Página 220por Joe Miller - 1836 - 248 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 476 páginas
...which he is said to have addressed to the lady whom he afterwards married:— " ON A LADY'S FAN. " Flavia, the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless...art employ. This fan, in meaner hands, would prove The engine of small force in love; Yet she, with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen,... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 páginas
...which he is said to have addressed to the lady whom he afterwards married : — " ON A LADY'S FAN. " Flavia, the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless...art employ. This fan, in meaner hands, would prove The engine of small force in love ; Yet she, with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 470 páginas
...least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan, in meaner hands, would prove The engine of small force in love; Yet she, with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives... | |
| 1844 - 148 páginas
...and weleome fear, She's too good to let me die ; FRANCIS ATTERBURY. Born 1662, died 1731-2. ON A FAN. Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless...in love: Yet she with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives... | |
| Gift - 1846 - 268 páginas
...persuade To leave affections, where may shine Impressions of the Love divine. BEAUMONT. ON A FAN. KLAMA the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art...love : Yet she with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so That it wounds more than Cupid's bow : Gives... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1853 - 902 páginas
...flattery to the author,1 is (I think) as beautiful in its kind as any one in the English tongue. Flavin the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art...hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; Bnt she with such an air and mien, • Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 536 páginas
...without flattery to the author,1 is (I think) as beautiful in its kind as any one in the English tongue. Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless...hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien, « Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 páginas
...without flattery to the author,3 is (I think) as beautiful in its kind as any one in the English tongue. Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless...hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 430 páginas
...flattery to the author is, I think, as beautiful in its kind as any one in the English tongue : Flavia tie least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ....hands would prove An engine of small force in love; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 872 páginas
...lines in this manner are those upon a ' white fan ' borrowed from Miss Osborn, afterwards his wife : Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless...hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; Vet she, with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so... | |
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