 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 209by Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 898 pages
...state bordering on insanity. CHAPTER VII. LEAMINGTON. - In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ;...describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motives, looks, and sighs ; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply the place of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...various talk th' instructive hours they past. Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lost ; One speaks ihe ts, deem'd however wise. Queen look«, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat. With... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...resort To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; Tn various talk th' instructive hours they passed— Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks...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
...nymphs resort. To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they B) 0 , Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day. The Sun obliquely shoots his burning my : The hungry judges... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they post, a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu...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
...Mossford smiling as he quitted the room. CHAPTER IV. In various talk the instructive hours 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ;...the glory of the British queen, And one describes a cliarming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they past. Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One...looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies. Sunjf, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and ALL THAT.' O thoughtless... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 pages
...instructive hours 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...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 - 290 pages
...nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th' instructive hours they past. Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, ,1nd one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every... | |
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