| Thomas Sheridan - 1787 - 528 pages
...care : Five thoufand guineas in her purfe! The Doctor might have fancy'd worfe, In his firft furprife at her extraordinary declaration, he tried to turn it off by raillery, treating it as a thing fpoken only in jeft ; but when a woman has once broken through the reftraint of decorum, the eftablifhed... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 456 pages
...were like other folks ; And, when Platonick flights were over, 6^0 The tutor turn'da mortal lover ! So tender of the young and fair ! It show'da true...her purse ! The doctor might have fancy'd worse.— 655 Hardly at length he silence broke, And falter'd every word he spoke ; Interpreting her complaisance,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 352 pages
...scholars were like other folks; And, when Platonick flights were over, The tutor turn'da mortal lover ! .So tender of the young and fair ! It show'da true...her purse ! The doctor might have fancy'd worse.— Hardly at length he silence broke, And falter'd every word he spoke ; Interpreting her complaisance,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 658 pages
...Platonick flights are over, The tutor turtis a mortal lover : So tender of the young and fair ; . i: It show'da true paternal care : Five thousand guineas...decorum, the established barrier between the sexes, ,so fjar as to begin the attack, she is not easily to be repulsed. She in stronger terms both avowed and... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...scholars were like other folks ; That when Platonic nights were over, The tutor turn'da mortal lover. So tender of the young and fair! It show'da true paternal...thousand guineas in her purse ! The Doctor might have iancied worse.'— Hardly at length he silence broke, And falter'd every word he spoke, Interpreting... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...scholars were like other folks ; And, when Platonic flights were over, The tutor turn'da mortal lover ! So tender of the young and fair ! It show'da true...thousand guineas in her purse ! The doctor might have fancy')] worse.—* Hardly at length he silence broke, And faulter'd every word he spoke ; Interpreting... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...folks ; And, when Platonic flights were over, The tutor turn'da mortal lover I So tender of the yonng and fair ! It show'da true paternal care — Five thousand guineas in her pur>* ! The doctor might have fancy'c) worse. — Hardly at length he silence broke, And faulter'd... | |
| William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...scholars were like other folks ; and, when Platonic flights were over, the tutor turn'da mortal lover! so tender of the young and fair ! it show'da true...in her purse! the doctor might have fancy'd worse. — Hardly at length he silence broke, and faulter'd every word he spoke ; interpreting her complaisance,... | |
| William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...when Platonic flights were over, the tutor turn'da mortal lover! so tender of the young and fair 1 it show'da true paternal care — five thousand guineas...in her purse! the doctor might have fancy'd worse. — Hardly at length he silence broke, and faulter'd every word he spoke ; interpreting her complaisance,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 352 pages
...scholars were like other folks; And when Platonic flights are over, The tutor turns a mortal lover : So tender of the young and fair ! It show'da true...guineas in her purse! The doctor might have fancy'd worse.'la his first surprise at her extraordinary declaration, he tried to turn it off by raillery,... | |
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