 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...o'er the box, and hover round the ring. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our beings were of old, And once enclos'd in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly vehicles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 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,... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1818 - 192 pages
...then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, Tb.e light militia of the lower sky ; These, though unseen are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring." Rape of the Lock. NOTE 12. PAGE 33. Trophonius was an eminent Soothsayer, who is said to have dwelt... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 418 pages
...o'er the box, and hover round the ring. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our beings...inclos'd in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly vehicles to these of air. Think not when woman's transient... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 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, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our beings were of old, And... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky : These, though unseen, es, Orme & Brown hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our beings were of old, And... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...then, unnumber'd spirits round thce 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, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our beings were of old, And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky : These, tho' unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the Ring. NOTES. tunity to display. The business and petty concerns of a fine lady, receive an air of importance... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky : These, tho' unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the Ring. NOTES. tunity to display. The business and petty concerns of a fine lady, receive an air of importance... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 404 pages
...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...inclos'd in Woman's beauteous mould ; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly Vehicles to these of air. 50 Think not, when Woman's transient... | |
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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... 
