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
| Arthur Henry Bullen - 1889 - 168 páginas
...BISHOP ATTERBURY. WRITTEN ON A WHITE FAN BORROWED FROM Miss OSBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WIFE. "T7LAVIA the least and slightest toy •*• Can with resistless...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 coolness... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1890 - 452 páginas
...late Bishop of Rochester; it is Epigrammaticall as you will find by thé two last Unes. Flavia thé least and slightest Toy, Can with resistless Art employ....hands would prove An Engine of small force in Love ; But she with gracefull air and mien, Not to be told nor safely seen, Directs ils wanton motions so,... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1890 - 450 páginas
...pretty little galant Epigram, written upon a lady's fan by the late Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Atterbury. Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in other hands would prove, An Engine of small force in Love ; But she with matchless air and mien Not... | |
| William Ralph Hall Caine - 1892 - 320 páginas
...died an exile in Paris, 1731. Written on a White Fan BORROWED FROM MISS OSBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WIFE FLAVIA the least and slightest toy Can with resistless...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... | |
| Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1898 - 300 páginas
...pretty little galant epigram, written upon a lady's fan by the late Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Atterbury. Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in other hands would prove An Engine of small force in Love ; But she with graceful air and mien Not to... | |
| Edward Arber - 1899 - 338 páginas
...help the cure!' WRITTEN ON THE LEAVES OF A WHITE FAN, BORROWED FROM MlSS OsBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WlFE. FLAVIA, the least and slightest toy Can, with resistless...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... | |
| Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 páginas
...help the cure!' WRITTEN ON THE LEAVES OF A WHITE FAN, BORROWED FROM MlSS OsBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WlFE. FLAVIA, the least and slightest toy Can, with resistless...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... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 436 páginas
...trifle, which he is said to have addressed to the lady whom he afterward 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 - 1901 - 426 páginas
...trifle, which he is said to have addressed to the lady whom he afterward 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,... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1902 - 310 páginas
...little gallant epigram, written upon a lady's fan by the late Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Atterbury. " Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This fan in other hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with matchless air and mien, Not... | |
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