The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... , whilst passion throughout every vein- * This simple inscription procured for me the most flatter- ing , distinguishing distinctions , and enviable attentions on the Continent . Of his heart and his bosom was rushing in flame 5.
... , whilst passion throughout every vein- * This simple inscription procured for me the most flatter- ing , distinguishing distinctions , and enviable attentions on the Continent . Of his heart and his bosom was rushing in flame 5.
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... flame of desire irresistibly flies , " Consuming the heart of each love - stricken elf , " Can be chilly or cold for a moment yourself ? " With loud bursts of laughter the circle rang round , And the wit of the Persian was voted ...
... flame of desire irresistibly flies , " Consuming the heart of each love - stricken elf , " Can be chilly or cold for a moment yourself ? " With loud bursts of laughter the circle rang round , And the wit of the Persian was voted ...
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... flames that but once can illumine our sight , — * “ Cette passion , si douce et si violente , source de plai- sirs , de tourments et de délices , cette flame qui consume , et fait vivre , ne s'allume jamais qu'une fois . Cet attrait ...
... flames that but once can illumine our sight , — * “ Cette passion , si douce et si violente , source de plai- sirs , de tourments et de délices , cette flame qui consume , et fait vivre , ne s'allume jamais qu'une fois . Cet attrait ...
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... flame , On the pile of past raptures and blisses and joy , Love springs to new birth - and for ever the same , His soul newly feathered , soars up to the sky ! Oh , what have I written ? -ne'er trust me , my dear ! But my head , and my ...
... flame , On the pile of past raptures and blisses and joy , Love springs to new birth - and for ever the same , His soul newly feathered , soars up to the sky ! Oh , what have I written ? -ne'er trust me , my dear ! But my head , and my ...
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... flame out for music - but there was not he , Whose eyes and whose sighs - lips and looks were to me All the light and the music I languished to see , Or to hear , Biddy , dearest ! so thinking perchance , That Wisdom had spell - bound ...
... flame out for music - but there was not he , Whose eyes and whose sighs - lips and looks were to me All the light and the music I languished to see , Or to hear , Biddy , dearest ! so thinking perchance , That Wisdom had spell - bound ...
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The Cheltenham Mail Bag; Or, Letters from Gloucestershire [In Verse] Ed ... William Henry Halpin No preview available - 2016 |
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ACERBUS SKETCH Adieu April 23 bard beam beauty beauty's blest bloom blushing Boarding House bosom BOTTOM'S DREAM breath bright bright eyes brow C-BB-TT called charm Charon Cheltenham COMMODUS dear Lord delight divine DOLLY SKETCH dream dull e'er EARL OF P-F-T earth earthly entre nous exquisite eyes fair Falstaff fancy Fancy's fashion feeling flame flowers forget FR-NKS friendship genius gentle girl glow gold gout grace heart Heaven humour Jove kind King LALLA ROOKH LETTER lisping looks lover mind mirth MISS DOLLY MORPHEUS Muse nature ne'er never nought o'er OLD BOND STREET once peruke PETER QUINCE play Poems rapture rhyme round royalty's scene scorn SHAKESPERE shed shew shine sighs slumber smile song soul sparkling spirit spleen springs strain swear sweet tears thee There's thine thou thought thro true truth Twas vulgar Whilst young
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Page 57 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 100 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions : these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion : But the gilt is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
Page 108 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Page 112 - Sunt geminae Somni portae; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 30 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark, But Soul beam'd forth in every spark...
Page 55 - Monarchies,'' it is laid down that " a Free monarchy is one in which the monarch is perfectly free to do as he pleases.
Page 52 - I have, not without a little envy, observed of late the style of some great ministers very much to exceed that of any other productions.
Page 94 - And as plump, aye as any Princess of the blood, Carved in stone, but a good imitation of wood ; — With her vest all in plaits — like some ancient costume Either Roman or Grecian, I fairly presume ; Tho...
Page 10 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.