 Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.  Wit and Humor - Page 211edited by - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1838 - 1012 pages
...they pass, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen , And one describes a charming Indian screen , A third interprets motions, looks, and sighs : At every word a reputation dies. POPE. "ANU so Lady Ellen is gone out of town, and nothing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...Of. who was bit, or who capotted last. One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describee * " tos supplies each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all ihat. Meanwhile, declining from... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...the British queen. And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, look«, old some orator renown'd, In Athens or free Rome,...mute! to some great cause address'd, Stood in hims Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day. The Sun obliquely shoots his bunting ray : The hungry judges... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...passed— Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets...and eyes, At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, and the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that." After the death... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen. And +x Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day. The Sun obliquely shoots his burning my : The hungry judges... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...they post, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And re. Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the air...through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The Sun obliquely shoots his burning ray : The hungry judges... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1843 - 884 pages
...they pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last : One speaks the glory of a British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets...motions, looks and eyes, At every word a reputation dies. POPE. BUT earnest in their wishes and intentions as Mr. Mossford and his son both were, it would have... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a cliarming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks,...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; The hungry judges... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...they past. Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets...ogling, and ALL THAT.* O thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...past. Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, •And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets...ogling, and ALL. THAT.* O thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd,... | |
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