And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white. Poems on Several Occasions - Page 86by Thomas Parnell - 1770 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1784 - 534 pages
...newly culls with curious toil, And decks the Uuddcfs with the glitt'ring fpoil. This caflcct InJi.i's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from...Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white : Here files of pins extend their mining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...decks the Goddefs with the glitt'ring fpoil. This cafket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arahia breathes from yonder box : The Tortoife here and Elephant...Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white : Here files of Pins extend their mining rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux, Now awful Beauty... | |
| John Adams - English poetry - 1789 - 376 pages
...Unnumber'd treafures ope at once, and here The various oflerings of the world appear : From each me nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddefs...Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their mining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...each, die nkely culls wkfa curious toil, And Hecks the goddefs with the glat'ring fpoil. This caiket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.- ... . The tortoife, here, and c'epbact, unite, : •. . Transfonn'd to combs, the fptxkled and the white. Here files of pint extend... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...appear i From each (he nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the Goddcfs with the gliu'rine fpd This cafket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box: The tortoifc here and elephant unite, Transform 'd to combs, the fpeckl'd andthe whiff. Here files of pins... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddefs with the glitt'ring fpoil, This casket India's glowing gems unlocks , And all Arabia breathes..., Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white .r Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now... | |
| 1794 - 542 pages
...each me newly culls with curious toil, And decks the Goddefs with the glitt'ring fpoil. This calket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes...Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white : Here fides of pins extend their (billing rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billetdoux. Now awful beauty... | |
| 1794 - 918 pages
...each (he nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddefs with the glittering fpoU. This caucel India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoiCc here and elephant unite, i r.ii'form'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white. Here CI« of... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...(he nicely cull» with curious toil, And decks the goddef« with the glittering fyoil. This calket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes...yonder box. The tortoife here and elephant unite, Trjntform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white Here files of pins extend their äining rows, t'affs,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...each ihe nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddefs with the glitt'ring I'poil. This calkct India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes...yonder box : The tortoife here and elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the fpecklcd and the white: Here files of pins extend their (hining rows, Puffs,... | |
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