 | Juvenal - Latin poetry - 1837 - 306 pages
...radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be wise, Whom joys with soft varieties invite, 325 The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; 320 By day the frolic, and the dance by night; Who frown with vanity, who smile with art, And ask... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...there is the following passage : " The teeming mother, anxious for her race. Begs, for each hirth, the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from i»auty spring; And Sedley cursed the charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told him he was mistaken... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...wise ? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a drivler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...distinguish so." In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes there is the following passage : — " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs, for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring: And Sedley cursed the charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told me he was mistaken in... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each hirth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes ! Whom... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1921 - 1154 pages
...extended JOHN B. WAINEWRICHT. ANN VANE. — Johnson in his 'Vanity oHuman Wishes ' wrote : — The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face. Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring. Lord Hailes pointed out to Boswell that, the example was unfortunate as Vane could lay no claim... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 pages
...form, or would have purchased safety by the loss of charms ? Rambler, vol. 3. The Danger of Beauty. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face; Yet Vane could tell what ills from Beauty spring, And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Vc nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pages
...Wishes" there is the following passage : " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each bii'th the fortune of a face; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley cursed the charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told him he was mistaken in... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, 'Whom... | |
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The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. 
