 | 1854 - Liczba stron: 998
...that would not disgrace a milliner ; and the last touch to his garments is said to have been this : " Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade, The choicest piece cut out, a scarf is made." Phylax' s errand to Psyche is briefly and strikingly told. It was— " To... | |
 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 1170
...skies, Where the most sprightly azure pleas'd the eyes, lilis he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall. Of...Small streaming clouds he does for wings display. Pint virtuous lovers' sighs more soft than they. These he gilds o'er with the sun's richest rays, Caught... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - Liczba stron: 468
...skies, Where the most sprightly azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall ;...fade, The choicest piece took out, a scarf is made." Book II. * This was a favourite word with Johnson. In '.Idler,' No. 82, he talks of polluting a canvas... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - Liczba stron: 472
...skies, Where the most sprightly azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall ;...fade, The choicest piece took out, a scarf is made." Book II. 45 Thin was a favourite word with Johnson. In '.Idler,' No. 82, he talks of polluting a canvoa... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - Liczba stron: 346
...skies, Where the most sprightly azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with starry vapours sprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall ;...new rainbow ere it fret or fade, The choicest piece cut out, a scarf is made." This is a just specimen of Cowley's imagery ; what might in general expressions... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - Liczba stron: 340
...lines—pointed out by Wakeneld—in Cowley's Davideis :— " This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime, ere they grow ripe and fall: Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade, The choicest part took out, the scarf is made."] ' Instances of contrarieties, given even from such characters as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - Liczba stron: 338
...pointed out by Wakefield — in Cowley's Davideis :— " This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime, ere they grow ripe and fall: Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade, The choicest part took out, the scarf is made."] 8 Instances of contrarieties, given even from such characters as... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - Liczba stron: 596
...sprightly azure pleased the eyes ; This he with starry vapors sprinkles all, Took in their prime before they grow ripe and fall ; Of a new rainbow, ere it fret or fade, The choicest piece cut out, a scarf is made." This comes but indifferently after a passage of Byron or Shelley. But, in... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - Liczba stron: 364
...the skies, Where the most sprightly azure please the eyes; This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe, and fall:...display, Not virtuous lovers' sighs more soft than they; These he gilds o'er with the sun's richest rays, Caught gliding o'er pure streams on which he plays.... | |
 | Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - Liczba stron: 328
...eyes ; This he with starry vapours sprinkes all, Took in their prime ere they grew ripe and full ; Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade, The choicest piece cut out, a scarf is made." He is reproached with inconstancy : "Five years ago (says story) I lov'd... | |
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Wash'd from the morning beauties' deepest red; An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies, Where the most sprightly azure... 
