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... arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms , Repairs her smiles , awakens ev'ry grace , And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise , And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes . The busy sylphs ...
... arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms , Repairs her smiles , awakens ev'ry grace , And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise , And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes . The busy sylphs ...
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... arms divine the British throne . Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let th ' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from ...
... arms divine the British throne . Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let th ' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from ...
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... special note , We trust th ' important charge , the petticoat : Oft have we known that seven - fold fence to fail , Though stiff with hoops and arm'd with ribs of whale ; Form a strong line about the silver bound , And 22.
... special note , We trust th ' important charge , the petticoat : Oft have we known that seven - fold fence to fail , Though stiff with hoops and arm'd with ribs of whale ; Form a strong line about the silver bound , And 22.
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... arms to join , Each band the number of the sacred Nine . Soon as she spreads her hand th ' aërial guard Descend , and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore , Then each according to the rank they bore ; For ...
... arms to join , Each band the number of the sacred Nine . Soon as she spreads her hand th ' aërial guard Descend , and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore , Then each according to the rank they bore ; For ...
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... arm him for the fight . He takes the gift with rev'rence , and extends The little engine on his fingers ' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread , As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head . Swift to the lock a thousand ...
... arm him for the fight . He takes the gift with rev'rence , and extends The little engine on his fingers ' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread , As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head . Swift to the lock a thousand ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneid aërial airy ancient Ariel arms beau beauty beaux behold Belinda billet-doux bodkin bosom breast breath bright CANTO CANTO III Caryl caus'd charms cheek Clarissa conceal'd cry'd dæmons E'en e'er earth edition Elves ev'ry fair fair head fate FIDu fierce fix'd flies flow'rs glitt'ring grace hair half hand heart Heav'n heav'nly Homer honour humour Iliad ladies lap-dogs Lesbia lines added lock lord Lord Petre machinery maid Matadore mighty mortal nymph o'er their head ombre open'd OVID Parnell passions poem poet Pope pray'rs pride prize prude Published November Pyxide quæ Queen rage rais'd RAPE repair resound rising round Roveray seem'd shining sighs silver sing Sir Plume skies snuff-box soft soon soul Spades spirits Spleen spread sprites Sylphs and Gnomes tears Thalestris thee things thou Thrice toilet tow'rs trembling tresses trumps Twas Umbriel Unnumber'd vapour vial VIRG virgin whisper wings wits wretched
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 20 - Planets through the boundless Sky. Some less refin'd, beneath the Moon's pale Light Pursue the Stars that shoot athwart the Night ; Or suck the Mists in grosser Air below, Or dip their Pinions in the painted Bow, Or brew fierce Tempests on the wintry Main, Or o'er the Glebe distil the kindly Rain.
Seite 37 - T' inclose the lock ; now joins it, to divide. Ev'n then, before the fatal engine clos'd, A wretched sylph too fondly interpos'd ; Fate urg'd the shears, and cut the sylph in twain, (But airy substance soon unites again) The meeting points the sacred hair dissever From the fair head, for ever, and for ever ! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, • And screams of horror rend th
Seite 36 - The little engine on his fingers' ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the Lock a thousand sprites repair, A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair; And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear; Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Seite 11 - Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil.
Seite 51 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land : Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye ! Like roses that in deserts bloom and die.
Seite 15 - Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those: 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.
Seite 31 - Sad chance of war! now destitute of aid, Falls undistinguish'd by the victor spade! Thus far both armies to Belinda yield; 65 Now to the baron fate inclines the field. His warlike Amazon her host invades, Th' imperial consort of the crown of spades.
Seite 35 - And see through all things with his half-shut eyes) Sent up in vapours to the Baron's brain New stratagems, the radiant Lock to gain.
Seite 44 - Of bodies changed to various forms by Spleen. Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent; the handle this, and that the spout...
Seite 61 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall