 NEVEE was a man more overcome with so fantastical a passion as mine, I have painted a beautiful woman, and am despairing, dying for the picture. My own skill has undone me; it is not the dart of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah, me! with...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 192by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 308 pages
...me; it is not the dart of Venus, but my Own pencil has thus wounded me. * By Tom Brown and others. See his Works, 4 vol. 12mo. Ah, me! with what anxiety...than mine ? Yes, I have seen the representations of Phaedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phasdra was unhappy in her love ; that of Pasiphae was monstrous;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 pages
...Venus, but my own pencil has thus * By Tom Brown and others. See his Works, 4 rols. I2m.o. wounded me. Ah, me ! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...than mine ? Yes, I have seen the representations of Phaedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phaedra was unhappy, in her love ; that of Pasiphae was monstrous;... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 pages
...picture. My own skill has undone me; it is not the dart of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah, me! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...representations of Phsedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phaedra was unhappy in her love; that of Pasiphae was monstrous; and * By Tom Brown and others. See... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. * By Tom Brown and others. See his Works, 4 vols. 12mo. Ah, me ! with what anxiety am I necessitated...complain ? Have there not been more unhappy and unnatural passionsthaumine? Yes, I have seen the representations of Phaedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phaedra... | |
 | 1832 - 292 pages
...it is not the dart of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah me ! with what anxiety am 1 necessitated to adore my own idol? How miserable am...than mine? Yes, I have seen the representations of Phaedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phsedra was unhappy in her love; that of Pasiphae was monstrous;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...picture. My own skill has undone me; it is not the dart of Venus, font my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah, me ! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...unnatural passions than mine? Yes, I have seen the representation of Phzdra, Narcissus, and Pasiphsc. Phsedra was unhappy in her love: that of Pasiphse... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 566 pages
...picture. My own skill has undone me; it is not the dart of V"enus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah me! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...than mine? Yes, I have" seen the representations of Phaedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phaedra was unhappy in her love; that of Pasiphae was monstrous;... | |
 | 1854 - 630 pages
...picture. My own skill has undone me; it is not the dart of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah, me! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...than mine ? Yes, I have seen the representations of Phfedra, Narcissus, and Pasiphae. Phasdrawas unhappy in her love : that of Pasiphae was monstrous;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 pages
...picture. My own skill has undone me; it is not the dart of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me, Ah, me! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...unnatural passions than mine? Yes, I have seen the representation of Phxdra, Narcissus, and Pasiphx. Phxdra was unhappy in her love: that of Pasiphx was... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 420 pages
...picture. My own skill has undone me ; 'tis not the dart of Venus, but my own pencil has thus wounded me. Ah me ! with what anxiety am I necessitated to adore...unhappy and unnatural passions than mine ? Yes, I 1 In ' Letters on Wit, Politics, and Morality,' edited by Abel Boyer, 1701. The letters ascribed to... | |
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