 When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat To form some Beauty by a new receipt, Jove sent, and found, far in a country scene, Truth, innocence, good nature, look serene: From which ingredients first the dext'rous boy Pick'd the demure, the awkward, and...  Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and Her Second Husband ... - Seite 9von Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - 1824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jonathan Swift - 1744 - 416 Seiten
...ferene ; From which Ingredients, firft the dex'trous Boy Pick'd the Demure, the Aukward^ and the Coy i The Graces from the Court did next provide Breeding, and Wit, and Air$ and decent Pride. Thefe Venus cleans'd from ev'ry fpurious Grain ' >• Of Nice, Coquet, Afiecled, Pert, and Vain. Jove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 Seiten
...coy. * An elegant Latin verGon of this little poem is in the fixth volume of Dmlen's Mifccllanies. The The Graces from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride : Thefe Venus cleans from every fpurious grain Of nice, coquet, afr«fted, pert, and vain. Jove mix'd... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 336 Seiten
...• An elegant Latin verfion of this little poem is in the fiuh Tolume of Dryden's Mifcellanies. The The Graces from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride ; Thefe Venus cleans from every fpurious grain Of nice, coquet, affefted, pert, and vain. Jove mix'd... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 456 Seiten
...country scene, Truth, innocence, good nature, look serene : . . From which ingredients first the dextrous boy ' Pick'd the demure, the awkward, and the coy^...Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride : These Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice, coquet, affected, pert, and vain. Jove mix'd up all, and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 352 Seiten
...country scene, Truth, innocence, good nature, look serene : From which ingredients first the dextrous boy Pick'd the demure, the awkward, and the coy. The...Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride: These Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice, coquet, affected, pert, and vain. Jove mix'd up all, and... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 Seiten
...country-scene Truth, innocence, good-nature, look serene; From which ingredients first the dextrous boy Pick'd the demure , the awkward , and the coy....and wit , and air , and decent pride : These Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice , coquet j affected , pert , and vain Ton âge , ton esprit... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 802 Seiten
...ceremony. — As men of brrrding, fometimes men of wit, T' avoid great errours, muft the lefs commit. Pop,. The Graces from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride. Swift. }. Nurture ; care to bring up from the infant (late. — Why was my breeding order'd and prefcrib'd,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 Seiten
...Inanitatem. Miscet omnia Jupiter, lutoque Temperat meliore, Lydiamqae Inde appellat opus, stupens, superbum. The Graces, from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride: These Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice, coquet, affected, pert, and vain. Jove mix'd up all, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...From which ingredients first the dextrous boy Pick'd the demure, the awkward, and the coy. The grac,4 from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride : Th«s« Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice, coquet, affected, pert, and vain. Jove inivY... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 Seiten
...country scene, Truth, innocence, good nature, look serene : From which ingredients £rst ttye dextrous boy Pick'd the demure, the awkward, and the coy. The...Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride : These Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice, coquet, affected, pert, an4 vain. Jove mix'd up all, and... | |
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