The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... round like the beam of his skies When the lightning attracts him - th ' electrical spark But renders the rest of the universe dark . Apropos , when his charmer was heard to complain , Of a shiver , whilst passion throughout every vein ...
... round like the beam of his skies When the lightning attracts him - th ' electrical spark But renders the rest of the universe dark . Apropos , when his charmer was heard to complain , Of a shiver , whilst passion throughout every vein ...
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... round , And the wit of the Persian was voted profound ! — It is not for me or my muse to recite The flashes of eloquence sportively bright , That my friend scattered round him , with compliment mixed , Whilst I stood before him , with ...
... round , And the wit of the Persian was voted profound ! — It is not for me or my muse to recite The flashes of eloquence sportively bright , That my friend scattered round him , with compliment mixed , Whilst I stood before him , with ...
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... round me swarm Like May - bees round the honied hive , When fields are green , and skies are warm And all in nature seems alive ! -Thus then with brief respect I treat ' em , And with French salutation greet ' em . " Messieurs et ...
... round me swarm Like May - bees round the honied hive , When fields are green , and skies are warm And all in nature seems alive ! -Thus then with brief respect I treat ' em , And with French salutation greet ' em . " Messieurs et ...
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... round Hebe's lips ! " -Deem not the bard , thou lovely one ! To cynic censure coldly prone ; Ungracious is the theme whose truth Kindles the angry blush of youth , - That with one tear dims Beauty's eye , From Beauty's bosom draws one ...
... round Hebe's lips ! " -Deem not the bard , thou lovely one ! To cynic censure coldly prone ; Ungracious is the theme whose truth Kindles the angry blush of youth , - That with one tear dims Beauty's eye , From Beauty's bosom draws one ...
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... round BETT'SON'S boutique to discover , One heavenly glimpse of my idolized lover- But in vain did MINERVA , and even the GRACES Shed brilliancy round them on all the dull faces That pored o'er the news with political dullness , — But ...
... round BETT'SON'S boutique to discover , One heavenly glimpse of my idolized lover- But in vain did MINERVA , and even the GRACES Shed brilliancy round them on all the dull faces That pored o'er the news with political dullness , — But ...
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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.