 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pàgines
...the silver Thames. 4 Fair nymphs, and well dress'd youths around hershone, But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she...disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those ; I* Favours to none, to all she smiles extends, Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 pàgines
...the silver Thames. Fair nymphs, and well-dress'd youths around her shone, But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she...extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends, firight as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pàgines
...breast, the ensign of popery, the adoration of which is plainly recommended in the following lines : On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Next he represents her as the universal church, according to the boasts of the papists : And like the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pàgines
...which Druids might adore"— The last word naturally reminds the editor of this couplet in Pope; " On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore."— What can be more easy or more useless than such criticism ?— The admirers of Thomson will scarcely... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pàgines
...the silver Thames. 4 Fairnymphs and well-dress'd youths aroundher shone; But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she...disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those : 10 Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as... | |
 | Henry Whitfield - 1804 - 510 pàgines
...hung from her neck of purest alabaster, and /hading the fine cambric, formed an elegant contrast, and On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore. Lovely Emma, in whatever dress art supplied, thou wert sure of pleasing. Immortal shalt thou be, if... | |
 | 1804 - 626 pàgines
...up her quarters. Bel. [Half (aide.] Beat up her quarters ! [Looks at him smilingly, then half aside. Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. [Stands musing. Hare. Hey ! what, fallen into a reverie ? Prithee, Brisk, what does all this mean ?... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 630 pàgines
...up her quarters. Bel. [Half aside.] Beat up her quarters ! [Looks at him smilingly, then half aside. Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. [Stands musing. Rove. Hey ! what, fallen into a reverie ? Prithee, Brisk, what does all this mean ?... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pàgines
...Of this nature was the introduction of the Trochee, to form the first foot of an heroic verse : as, Favours to none, to all she smiles extends, O'ft she rejects, but never once offends. Each of these lines begins with a Trochee ; the remaining feet are in the Iambic movement. In the following... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pàgines
...essor pour monter à la seconde. J'ajouterai que l'une promet la saillie , l'autre la donne : » • On her white breast | a sparkling cross she wore "Which...disclose Quick as her eyes | and as unfix'd as those : Faveurs to none | to all she smiles extends , Oft she rcjects | but never once offends. * POPE ,... | |
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Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. 
