 | Thormanby - Great Britain - 1907 - 372 pages
...is the inclination That by words can be express'd. In my silence see the lover — True love is best by silence known : In my eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own. " A curious fortune," says Mr. Churton Collins, " attended these verses. They were subsequently transcribed... | |
 | Georg Brandes - Authors, French - 1916 - 504 pages
...passion Vou have kindled in my breast? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be express'd. In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence...eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own. Det er saare velment; men Voltaires franske Vers er alligevel at foretrække. Ikke lang Tid efter Ankomsten... | |
 | Archibald Ballantyne - 1919 - 358 pages
...passion You have kindled in my breast ? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be express'd. In my silence see the lover ; True love is by silence...my eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own.1 These are not quite the only English lines which Voltaire ventured to write. In 1773, when he... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - Great Britain - 1924 - 354 pages
...Voltaire paid tribute to her in the only English verses from his pen which have been preserved : " Hervey, would you know the passion You have kindled...eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own." Even Charles Churchill, that most rancorous of satirists, had a kindly word for her : " That face,... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - Great Britain - 1927 - 358 pages
...passion You have kindled in my breast ? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be express'd. " In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence...eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own." 176 MARY LEPELL, LADY HERVEY (From a Miniature formerly at Strawberry Hill) Even Charles Churchill,... | |
 | Cleveland Bruce Chase - Biography & Autobiography - 1926 - 302 pages
...is the inclination That by words can be expressed. In my silence see the lover — True love is best by silence known; In my eyes you'll best discover All the -power of your own." A letter written by Voltaire to Mrs. Clayton — the influential Lady Sundon of George IPs court —... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1846 - 810 pages
...advanced years of composing in the language, though he read it with tolerable ease. TO LAOÏ HEKVKY. Hervey ! would you know the passion You have kindled...lover ; True love is by silence known. In my eyes you '11 best discover All the power of your own. There is a letter to Mr. Theriot from Cirey, in 1738,... | |
 | England - 1881 - 826 pages
...passion You. have kindled in my breast ? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be expressed. M 2 In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence...eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own." The exile came to an end, however. It had provided Voltaire a good sum of money (Mr. Parton gives no... | |
 | 1845 - 604 pages
...Trifling is the inclination That by words can be express'd. In my silence see the lover; True lore is by silence known! In my eyes you'll best discover All the power of your own. In short, Mary Lepel was not only the toast of the town and the pride of the court, but she was the inspiration... | |
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Hervey, wo'uld you know the passion, You have kindled in my breast? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be expressed. " In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence known; In my eyes you'll best discover, All the power of your own. 
