 I should record the beauty, innocence, and untimely death, of the first object my eyes ever beheld with love. The beauteous virgin! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel? Oh death! thou hast right to the bold, to the ambitious, to the high,...  Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Seite 196von Nathan Drake - 1814Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1711 - 404 Seiten
...beauteous Virgin ! How ignorantly did fhe charm, how careleily excel ? Oh Death ! Thou haft Right to the Bold, to the Ambitious, to the High, and to the Haughty •;" but why this Cruel- I ty to the Humble, to the Meek, to the Undifeerning, to the Thoughtlefs ? Nor Age, nor Butinefs,... | |
 | 1728 - 344 Seiten
...charm, how carelefsly excel? Oh Death! Thou-haft Right to the Bold,, to the Ambitious, to the High, to the Haughty; but why this Cruelty to the Humble, to .the Meek, to the , to. the Thoughtlefs ^ Nor Age, norBufmef s, norDiftrefs1, can erafethe dear Image from my Imagination.... | |
 | Tatler - 1754 - 322 Seiten
...excel ? Oh Death ! Thou haft Right to the Bold, to the Amhitious, to the High, and to the Haughty j but why this Cruelty to the Humble, to the Meek, to the Undifcerning, to the Thoughdefs? Nor Age, nor Bufmefs, nor Diftrefs, can erafe the dear Image from... | |
 | 1785 - 698 Seiten
...virgin! how ignorant)^ did (he charm, how carelefsly excel? Oh Death! thou haft right to be bold, te be ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty; but why this cruelty to the humble, to the meek, to the vindifcerning, to the thoughtlefs? Nor age, nor bufmelV, nor dirtrefs, can erafe the dear ¡mage from... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 Seiten
...beauteous virgin ! How ignorantly did she charm, how carelefsly excel ! 0 death ! Thou-' haft aright to the bold, to the ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty ; but why this cruelty t& the humble, to the meek, to the undifcerning, to the thoughtlefs ? Nor age, nor bufinefs, nor diitrefs,... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 Seiten
...beauteous virgin ! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel ? Oh Death ! thou hast right to the bold, to the ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty ; but why this cruelty to the humble, to the met- k, to the undiscerning, to the thoughtless ? Nor age, nor business, nor distress, can erase the... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 Seiten
...! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel ? Oh death ! thou hast right to be bold, to be ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty ; but why...ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler ? I still behold the smiling earth A large train of disasters were coming on to my memory, when my... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 412 Seiten
...virgin! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel ! Oh Death ! thou hast right to the bold, lo the ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty; but...shroud. How ill did the habit of death become the pretty irifier! I still behold the smiling earth A large train of disasters were coming on to my memory, when... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1809 - 360 Seiten
...beauteous virgin ! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel ! Oh Death ! thou hast right to the bold, to the ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty...imagination. In the same week, I saw her dressed for a ball, ana in a shroud. How ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler ! I still behold the smiling... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 342 Seiten
...beauteous virgin ! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel ! Oh Death ! thou hast right to the bold, to the ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty...ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler ! I still behold the smiling earth A large train of disasters were coming on to my memory, when my... | |
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