 The women wretched, false the men : And when, these certain ills to shun, She would to thy embraces run ; Receive her with extended arms : Seem more delighted with her charms : Wait on her to the park and play : Put on good humour ; make her gay : Be...  Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope - Page 76by Thomas M. Woodman - 1989 - 166 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1896 - 902 pages
...False tears and real perjuries. Let her behold the frantic scene, The women wretched, false the men ; And when, these certain ills to shun, She would to thy embraces ran, Receive her with extended arms, Seem more delighted with her charme, Wait on her to the Park and... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1897 - 526 pages
...thy actions laid As temp'rance wills and prudence may persuade." PRIOR. Solomon, Bk. III., line 43. " Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind : Let all her ways be unconfin'd, And clap your padlock on her mind." PRIOR. An English Padlock, last lines. " Be to her... | |
 | Duchess - 1897 - 330 pages
...THE DUCHESS") AUTHOR OF " A LONELY MAID," " A POINT OF CONSCIENCE,' " THE COMING OF CHLOE," ETC. " Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind" PHILADELPHIA JB LIPPINCOTT COMPANY -Jfc. 104913B T".1 v *' * ICOPYRIGHT, 1896 ET JB LIPPINCOTT COMPANY... | |
 | Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill - Bookbinding - 1900 - 284 pages
...understands what you say.' Prior had in satiric vein advised more freedom than women then enjoyed : Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind. The padlock had not been neglected. The learned... | |
 | Hall Downing - Actresses - 1901 - 320 pages
...laughing eyes and roguish mouth, what shall we say of her as we bid her farewell ? What, indeed, save Bs to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind. And Nell's virtues far outweighed her faults. Forgive her the one error, which was more forced upon... | |
 | Henry Pemberton - Evolution - 1902 - 420 pages
...one, and trifling annoyances at times are hard to bear. He should ever remember as Prior writes : " Be to her virtues very kind ; be to her faults a little blind." Among the many previsions manifested for the welfare of man, none can conduce so much thereto as when... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - Quotations, English - 1904 - 920 pages
...with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.— Richard Bentley, 1662-1742. Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind. — Matthew Prior, 1664-1721. For hope is but the dream of those that wake. — Matthew Prior. Who... | |
 | matthew prior - 1905 - 412 pages
...give up Age to Want and Shame. Let Her behold the Frantick Scene, The Women wretched, false the Men : And when, these certain Ills to shun, She would to...to her Faults a little blind : Let all her Ways be unconfin'd : And clap your PADLOCK on her Mind. HANS CARVEL. HANS CARVEL, Impotent and Old, Married... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott - 1905 - 194 pages
...friend is kind, one who harps upon such errors destroys friendship." As Matthew Prior expressed it, "Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind." P. 80, 1. 23. The hearing ear. " The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue." —... | |
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