... the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions ; then launches into a flood of fine language and compliment, still playing her chest forward in fifty falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete... The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 228by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
| 1820 - 394 pages
...and risings, like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her l6ver leave to praise it : silent assenting bows, and vain...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| English literature - 1824 - 436 pages
...and risings, like a swan upon waving water; aad tu complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not- give her lover...praise it: silent assenting bows and vain endeavours to 'gpeak, are all the share of the conversation he is admitted to, which at last he relieved from, by... | |
| Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...and risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which at last he is relieved from by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| 1826 - 362 pages
...and risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which at last he is relieved from by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1842 - 412 pages
...and risings, like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1846 - 350 pages
...and risings, like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagement to half a score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a promise... | |
| Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave...conversation he is admitted to, which, at last, he is relieved from, by her engagements to half-a-score visits, which she swims from him to make, with a... | |
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