 | Richard Savage - 1761 - 226 pages
...and remote the joys of faints I fee; Nor envy them that heav'n I lofe for thee. How oft', when preft to marriage, have I faid, Curfe on all laws but thofe...moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, Auguft her deed, and facred be her fame; Beiore true paffion all thofe views remove, Fame, wealth,... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - Biography - 1761 - 534 pages
...which made him put on the ha(¿) Mr. Pope makes EloJfe thus exprefs herfelf in her letter to Abelard ; How oft, when prefs'd to marriage, have I faid, Curfe on all laws but thofe which love has made ? Should at my feet the world's great mafter fall, Himlelf, liis throne, his world, I'd fcorn them... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 544 pages
...put on the ha-. (d} Mr. Pope makes Eloife thus exprefs herfelf in her letter to Abelard ; How ofr, when prefs'd to marriage, have I faid, Curfe on all laws but thofe which love has made ? Should at my feet the world's great mafter fall, Himfelf, his throne, his world, I'd fcorn them all... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...even fublime ; f My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind, Some emanation of th' all-beauteous mind. J How oft, when prefs'd to marriage, have I faid, Curfe on all laws but thofe which love has made ! Let wealth, let honour wait the wedded dame, Auguft her deed and facred be her fame ; Before true... | |
 | David Hume - Ethics, Modern - 1764 - 614 pages
...her beloved ABELARD. How oft, when prejl to marriage, have I faid, Curjfe on all laws tut thofe-which love has made : Love, free as air, at fight of human...ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. But friend/hip is a Calm and fedate affection, conducted by reafon and cemented by habit ; fpringing... | |
 | David Hume - 1764 - 568 pages
...oft, when prffl to marriage, have Ifaid, Curfe op all laws fat thofe which lave has made : £ave,free as air, at fight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment fies. ^Mt friend/hip is a calm and fedate affection, conducted fey reafon and cemented by habit ; fpringing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...I lov'da Man. Dim and remote the joys of faints I fee ; Nor envy them that Heav'n I lofe for thee. How oft, when prefs'd to marriage, have I faid, Curfe...moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, Auguft her deed, and facred be her fame ; VOL- !, F Before Before true paffion all thofe views... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...I lov'da Man. Dim and remote the joys of faints I fee ; Nor envy them that Heav'n I lofe for thee. How oft, when prefs'd to marriage, have I faid, Curfe...ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let-wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, Auguft her deed, and facred be her fame • VoL-J- F... | |
 | David Hume - 1768 - 606 pages
...this paffion, fhe refufed to marry her beloved ABELARD. Hoiv oft, 'when prejl to marriage, have Ifaid? Curfe on all laws but thofe -which love has made ;...as air, at fight of human ties, Spreads his light ivings, and in a moment flics. But friendjjjip is a calm and fedate affection, conducted by re^afon... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...and avows the unreftrained licence of her love, in the moft extravagant and paffionate defcription. " How oft, when prefs'd to marriage, have " I faid,...Spreads his light wings, and in a moment *' flies." *' Should at my feet the world's great matter ••fall, " Himfelf, his throne, his world, I'd fcorn... | |
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Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies... 
