 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...thing of use ? • patch, nay ogle, may become a saint ; •t could it sure be such a sin to paint. Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul." So spoke the dame, but no applause ensued : Belinda frown'd, Thalestris call'd her prude. " To arms,... | |
 | Ambrose Marten - 1827 - 744 pages
...haunted him all his life, and have impoisoned his happiest moments. THE THREE BEAUTIES OF DRESDEN. Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll, Charms strike the sight,— but merit wius the soul. Pope. THE troops of the Elector of Saxony were repairing to winter quarters, after a... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose ? And trust me, dear! good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams,...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED. THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YKARS, years ago, ere yet my dreams Had been of being... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...our power to use, And keep good-humor still, whate'er we lose ? 3O And trust me, dear ! good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams,...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.' So spoke the dame, but no applause ensued ; 35 Belinda frown'd, Thalestris call'd her prude. ' To arms,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 342 pages
...— " And trust me, dears,rgood humour can prevail, When airs/and^flights, and screams, and scoldings fail ; Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll,...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul." These lines she well understood, but she found it difficult to explain the nature of a parody. However,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...well our power to tue, And keep good-humour still, whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear ! good-humour they helieved ! Yet his known falsehoods So spoke the dame, but no applause ensued : Belinda frown'd, Thalestris call'd her prude. 'To arms,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...well our power to use, And keep good-humour still, whate'er we lose ? And trust me, dear ! good-humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams,...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.' So spoke the dame, but no applause ensued ; Belinda frown'd, Thalestris call'd her prude. *To arms,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 pages
...— "And trust me, dears, good humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scoldings fail ; ' Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll,...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul." These lines she well understood, but she found it difficult to explain the nature of a parody. However,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 382 pages
..." And trust me, dears, good humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scoldings fail ; Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll, Charms strike the sight, hut merit wins the soul." These lines she well understood, but she found it difficult to explain the... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 pages
...well our power to use, And keep good humour still, whate'er we lose ? And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams,...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. LEMATIS. Clematis Virginiana. Class 13, POLYANDRIA. Order : HEPTAGYNIA. This is a climbing shrub of... | |
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Humour can prevail, When Airs, and Flights, and Screams, and Scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty Eyes may roll ; Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the Soul. 
