 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1762 - 478 pages
...felt fuch rage, refentment, and defpair, As thou, fad virgin ! for thy ravifh'd hair. Firft and third. Think what an equipage thou haft in air, And view with fcorn two pages and a chair. What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly balls, and midnight-mafquerades, Safe from the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1762 - 480 pages
...rage, refentment, and defpsir, 5. As thou, -fird'vkgin! for thy ravifh'd hair. -'< A. Fir ft and third. Think what an equipage thou haft in air, * And view with fcorn two pages and a chair. - ;v.-;i\ Again, : • . • I. '. :f I | What guards the purity of melting maids, > In courtly balls,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 578 pages
...fuch rage, refenttnent, and defpair. As thou, fad virgin ! for thy ravilh'd hair. Firft and third. • Think what an equipage thou haft in air. And view with fcorn two pages and a chair. Again : • What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly balls, and midnight-mafquerades, Safe... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...Know, then, unnumbered Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower fky t Thefe, tho' unfeen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover...thou haft in air, And view with fcorn two Pages and a Chajr. As now your own, our beings were of old, And once inclos'd in Woman's beauteous mould ; Thence,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...felt fuch rage, refentment, and defpair, As thou, fad virgin ! for thy raviuVd hair. Firft and third. Think what an equipage thou haft in air, And view with fcorn two pages and a ch»ir. Again : What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly balls, and midnight mafquerades,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky ; These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, 45 And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our beings were of old,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 412 pages
...the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the Ring. Think what an equipage thou haft in air, 45 And view with fcorn two Pages and a Chair. As now...were of old, And once inclos'd in Woman's beauteous mould3 Thence, by a foft tranfitionj we repair From earthly vehicles to thefe of air. 50 Think not,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 400 pages
...&c.] All the verfes from hence to the end of this Canto were added afterwards. Thefe, though unfeen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover...the Ring. Think what an equipage thou haft in air, 4.5 And view with fcorn two Pages and a Chair. As now your own, our beings were of old, And once inclos'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...&c.] All the verfes from hence to the end of this Canto were added afterwards. Thefe, though unfeen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the Ring. Think what an equipage tnou haft in air, 4,3 And view with fcorn two Pages and a Chair. As now your own, our beings were of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1785 - 504 pages
...completed ; and our author, if he indeed believes his own oracles, might have exclaimed with Pope, ' Think what an equipage thou haft in air, And view, with fcorn, two pages and a chair.' ' Advenifement. Mr. Stargazer, of Half-moon-ftreet, being allowed by all thofe he has the honour to... | |
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What though no credit doubting wits may give? The fair and innocent shall still believe. Know then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky: These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the... 
