 Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 375by Alexander Pope - 1822 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ernest Adams - English language - 1862 - 310 pages
...whom anything is obtained to be the owner of that thing. Hence the genitive often marks possession : Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair. — Pope. 476. The genitive case is expressed sometimes by the suffix -es or 's, and sometimes by substituting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...hero slain, But at her smile the beau reviv'd again. ' 1 The words of a song in the Opera of Camilla. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...him with a frown ; She smiled to see the doughty hero slain, But at her smile the beau revived again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...subside. See ! fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief the unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...with a frown : She smiled to see the doughty hero slain, But, at her smile, the beau revived again. 70 Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See ! rierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Is or fear'd the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...with a frown; She smil'd to see the doughty hero slain, But, at her smile, the Beau reviv'd again. 70 Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...hairs subside. See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the Chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1869 - 512 pages
...smile the beau revived again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits againet the lady's hair ; The doubtful beam long nods from...subside. See ! fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief the unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...he sings he dies. She smiled to see the doughty hero slain, But at her smile the beau revived again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...subside. .See ! fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor feared the chief the unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | North American review - 1871 - 494 pages
...from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie 1 " And so, when the conflict begins : — " Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air ; Weighs the men's wits against the ladies' hair ; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Biography & Autobiography - 1871 - 450 pages
...from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments liel " And so, when the conflict begins : — " Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air; Weighs the men's wits against the ladies' hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs... | |
 | The North American Review.VOL.CXII. - 1871 - 506 pages
...from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! " And so, when the conflict begins : — " Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air ; Weighs the men's wits against the ladies' hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side ; At length the wits mount up, the haira... | |
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