 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 Seiten
...Jane, and Audria, And then a pretty Thomasine, And then another Catherine, And then a long et cetera. But should I now to you relate The strength and riches...their state, The powder, patches, and the pins, The ribands, jewels, and the rings, The lace, the paint, and warlike things, That make up all their magazines... | |
 | Great Britain - 1884 - 370 Seiten
...against the folly of the time was Cowley, who, referring to the adornments of ladies, mentions — •' The powder patches and the pins, The ribbons, jewels,...warlike things That make up all their magazines." The lace merchants appear to have had a hard time of it, for many of the conspicuous persons in society... | |
 | Sir Henry Taylor - 1885 - 388 Seiten
...not now ;—I have made far too long a muster-roll already, and if I were to go to the women and— If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts— You know what follows :— And all the little lime twigs laid By Machiavel the waiting-maid, 1 more... | |
 | Sir Henry Taylor - 1885 - 308 Seiten
...or not now ; I have made far too long a muster-roll already, and if I were to go to the women, and ' If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts'— You know what follows: 'And all the little lime-twigs laid By Machiavel the waiting-maid, I more voluminous... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 Seiten
...Jane, and Andria ; And then a pretty Thomasine, And then another Catharine, And then a long et cœlera. But should I now to you relate The strength and riches...the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts ; The letter, embassies, and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1892 - 362 Seiten
...Jane, and Audria. And then a pretty Thomasine, And then another Catharine, And then a long et caetera. But should I now to you relate, The strength and riches...and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries, Numberless, nameless mysteries ! And all the little lime twigs... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder - 1892 - 308 Seiten
...Later on Cowley tried to describe it, but had to acknowledge that it was beyond him. He says :— " But should I now to you relate The strength and riches...The lace, the paint, and warlike things That make up their magazines ; If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts, The letters, embassies,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder - 1892 - 312 Seiten
...the pins, The ribbons, jewels, and the rings, The lace, the paint, and warlike things That make up their magazines ; If I should tell the politic arts...and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries, Numberless, nameless mysteries ; I more voluminous should grow... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 Seiten
...a pretty Thomasine, And then another Catherine, And then a long et cetera. But should I now to yon relate The strength and riches of their state ; The...rings, The lace, the paint, and warlike things, That made up all their magazines; If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts ; The... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 464 Seiten
...Jane, and Audria; And then a pretty Thomasine, And then another Catharine, And then a long et aciera. But should I now to you relate The strength and riches...and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries, (Numberless, nameless mysteries .') And all the little lime-twigs... | |
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But should I now to you relate The strength and riches of their state, The powder, patches, and the pins, The ribbons, jewels, and the rings, The lace, the paint, and warlike things That make up all their magazines : If I should tell the politic arts... 
