 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 pages
...furbelow." The gay company repair to Hampton Court : " In various talk th' instructive hours they pass'd. Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.'' The game of ombre succeeds ; and then comes coffee. The tempting lock is cut off Belinda's hair, by... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 pages
...and trembling for the birth of Fate. CANTO III. Close by those meads, for ever crown'd with flowers, Where Thames with pride surveys his rising towers,...; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing;... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 632 pages
...nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort,...; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 632 pages
...nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort,...; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 638 pages
...Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes lea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste...; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing,... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 pages
...written out of reputation but by himself. y. iloKK— Life of Sentley. 860 REPUTATION. RESOLUTION. In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who...word a reputation dies. Snuff or the fan supply each pauso of chat, With singing, laughing, og'ling, and nil that, a. POPE— Rape of the Lock. Pt. III.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1883 - 376 pages
...understanding. For the trivial pursuits of the fine gentlemen of his day, he had a supreme contempt. While " In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who...With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that,"— he studied some foreign language, or undertook some philosophical discussion. He wrote verses, and... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...unequals what society Can sort, what harmony or true delight? 4726 Milton : Par. Lost. Bk. viii. Line 383 One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. 4727 Pope : R. of the Lock. Canto Hi. Line la Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or... | |
 | 1885 - 668 pages
...pride surveys his rising towers, There stands a structure of majestic frame, Which from the neighboring Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft...; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 pages
...inward frivolity ' is mercilessly exposed. She can think or talk only of the most trivial subjects:— ' One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.' Observe the sweeping contempt of this comprehensive phrase—' and all that!' Yet in the poet's circle... | |
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Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures... 
