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Page 18
... eyes forgot to blaze , Or Jack had wanted eyes to gaze ! Oh ! - But let exclamation cease , Her presence banished all his peace : So with decorum all things carried , Miss frowned , and blushed , and then was - married . Need we expose ...
... eyes forgot to blaze , Or Jack had wanted eyes to gaze ! Oh ! - But let exclamation cease , Her presence banished all his peace : So with decorum all things carried , Miss frowned , and blushed , and then was - married . Need we expose ...
Page 48
... eyes the centre , where his friends sit snug ; His simpering friends , with pleasure in their eyes , Sink as he sinks , and as he rises rise : He nods , they nod ; he cringes , they grimace ; But not a soul will budge to give him place ...
... eyes the centre , where his friends sit snug ; His simpering friends , with pleasure in their eyes , Sink as he sinks , and as he rises rise : He nods , they nod ; he cringes , they grimace ; But not a soul will budge to give him place ...
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... eyes of a lady hang on the looks of her lover . Ovid has increased the force of the metaphor , and describes the wife as hanging on the lips of her husband . Our translator has gone still farther , and described the lady as pendent from ...
... eyes of a lady hang on the looks of her lover . Ovid has increased the force of the metaphor , and describes the wife as hanging on the lips of her husband . Our translator has gone still farther , and described the lady as pendent from ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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