 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...so much more concentrated, and on the whole so superior, that I omit transcribing the original — " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, " Begs for...what ills from beauty spring, " And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. " Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, " Whom pleasure keeps too busy... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 pages
...originals. To the fate of this lady Dr. Johnson has a beautiful allusion in his Vanity of Human Wishes: " Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, " And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king." The original picture once adorned the old great room on the right hand of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious lor her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beanty spring; And Sedly curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...From Marlu'roup'h's eyes the streams of dotage And Swift expires a dnv'lcr and a show, [flow , The J ho, with a borrow'd name And profer'd service to thy palace came, Now ciill'd P ; . i Ver. 260—315. et SACRED AND MORAL. 1 « V;,ne could t«U what ills from beauty spring : .VndixfUey... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pages
...lordship can distinguish so.'r In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes, there is the following passage : " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, " Begs for...which pleas'da king." Lord Hailes told him, he was mistaken in the instances he had given of unfortunate fair ones ; for neither Fane nor Sedley had a... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...wise! From Mario' rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift exp'res a drivMer anJ a show. U The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedlcy curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...wise i From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage And Swift expires a driveller and a show, [flow, The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that plea&'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes! Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...wise ? From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes ! Whom pleasure keeps too busy to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...lordship can distinguish so." In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes, there is the following passage : " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, " Begs,...could tell, what ills from beauty spring, "And Sedley curs' d the charms which pleas'da king." Lord Hailes told him, he was mistaken in the instances he... | |
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The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. 
