 | Samuel Derrick - 1769 - 196 страници
...mighty favours you boaft, But how fcanty your favours, how fcarce is a toaft ? A fhape, a complexion, you confer now and then, But to one that you give, you refufe it to ten ; In one you fucceed, in another you fail, Hereyour rofe is too red, there your lily's... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1787 - 554 страници
...mighty favours you boaft, But how fcanty your favours, how fcarce is a toad i A ftiape, a complexion, you confer now and then, But to one that you give, you refufe it to ten ; In one yoa fucceed, in another you fail, Here your rofe is too red, there your lily's... | |
 | 1805 - 556 страници
...scanty your favours, how scarce is a toast ! A shape, Л shape, a complexion, you confer now and thon, But to one that you give, you refuse it to ten; In...another you fail, Here your rose is too red, there your lily's too pale; Or some feature or other is always amiss : And pray, let me know, when you finish'da... | |
 | 1823 - 466 страници
...sec They're much less beholden to you than to. me. I grant that, indeed, mighty favours you boost ; But how scantly bestowed, how rare is a toast ! A...other is always amiss ; And pray let me know when you finish'da piece, But I was obliged to, correct or touch over? Or you never would have either husband... | |
 | Frederick William Fairholt - 1849 - 302 страници
...mighty favours you boast, But how scanty your favours, how scarce is a toast ? A shape, a complexion, you confer now and then, But to one that you give,...another you fail, Here your rose is too red, there your lilly's too pale ; Or some feature or other is always amiss : And pray, let me know when you flnish'da... | |
 | Percy Society - 1849 - 424 страници
...mighty favours you boast, But how scanty your favours, how scarce is a toast ? A shape, a complexion, you confer now and then, But to one that you give,...another you fail, Here your rose is too red, there your lilly's too pale ; Or some feature or other is always amiss : And pray, let me know when you finish'da... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1849 - 426 страници
...mighty favours you boast, But how scanty your favours, how scarce is a toast ? A shape, a complexion, you confer now and then, But to one that you give,...another you fail, Here your rose is too red, there your lilly's too pale ; Or some feature or other is always amiss : And pray, let me know when you finish'da... | |
 | Percy Society - 1849 - 422 страници
...mighty favours you boast, But how scanty your favours, how scarce is a toast ? A shape, a complexion, you confer now and then, But to one that you give,...another you fail, Here your rose is too red, there your lilly's too pale ; Or some feature or other is always amiss : And pray, let me know when you finish'da... | |
 | Michael Zakim - 2003 - 306 страници
...an age of man-made progress. But Fashion was quick to counter in rhyming cadence: "A complexion, a shape, you confer now and then / But to One that you give, you refuse it to Ten." As such, Fashion nominated itself as the remedy to Beauty's despotic rule, precisely because of the... | |
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Who does most for the sex? — Let it fairly be try'd, And they that look round 'em will presently see, They're much less beholden to you than to me; I grant it, indeed, mighty favours you boast, But how scanty your favours, how scarce is a toast? A shape,... 