 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...lines by Ambrose Phillips,) by Hawkins Brown, Esq., will, I trust, be relished by all pipe smokers : " Little tube of mighty power, charmer of an idle hour...; And thy snowy taper waist, with my finger gently brac'd." Perhaps the most inveterate smoker was the Rev. William Breedon, vicar of Thornton, Bucks... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...a gentleman of fortune, born 17M, died 1760. The present poem Ы the Imitation of Ambrose Philips.] e catholic amen ; Glorious the martyr's gore : Glorious braced ; And thy pretty swelling crest, With my little stopper prest ; And the sweetest bliss of blisses,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...present poem in «he imitation of Ambrose Philipe.] Little tube of mighty power, Charmer of an idl« Mr tlumson. The scene of the following stanzas to...to lie on the Thames, near Richmond. In yonder gra braced ; And thy pretty swelling crest, With my little stopper prest ; And the sweetest bliss of blisses,... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...lines by Ambrose Phillips,) by Hawkins Brown, Esq., will, I trust, be relished by all pipe smokers : " Little tube of mighty power, charmer of an idle hour...and eye of fire ; And thy snowy taper waist, with rny finger gently brac'd." Perhaps the most inveterate smoker was the Rev. William Breedon, vicar of... | |
 | George T. Fisher, William Alfred Delamotte, F. G. Delamotte - Smoking - 1845 - 104 pages
...Pipes, I cannot refrain from quoting, by way of preface, the following lovely — ODE TO A PIPE. " Little tube of mighty power — Charmer of an idle hour — Object of ray warm desire — Lip of wax, and eye of fire ; And thy snowy taper waist, With my finger gently... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1847 - 376 pages
...trust, be relished by all pipe smokers : " Little tube of mighty power, charmer of an idle hour . im Object of my warm desire, lip of wax and eye of fire ; And thy snowy toper waist, with my finger gently brac'd." 1 Perhaps the most inveterate smoker was the Rev. William... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Children's stories - 1847 - 708 pages
...following ditty: — " Little tube of magic power, Charmer ofan idle hour, Object of my warm desire, I.ip of wax, and eye of fire; And thy snowy taper waist, With my fingers gcnlly braced," kc., &c. " Always merry, Ned," said Mr. Seymour. " Lord bless you, sir, what... | |
 | G.D.J. Schotel, Gilles Dionysius Jacobus Schotel - Coffee in literature - 1848 - 236 pages
...seen, Realms so quiet and serene. IMIÏATION II. Little tube of mighty pow'r, Channer of an idle bour, Object of my warm desire, Lip of wax , and eye of fire : And thy suowy taper waist; With my finger gently brac'd ; And thy pretty swelling crest , With my little stopper... | |
 | Cigars - 1849 - 134 pages
...century, whom posterity will not willingly let die, for his inimitable "Ode to a Tobacco Pipe"— ' ' Little tube of mighty power, Charmer of an idle hour,...; And thy snowy taper waist With my finger gently 'braced, And thy pretty swelling crest, With my little stopper press 'd ; And the sweetest bliss of... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...the strains of the subsequent Parody on the style of Ambrose Phillips! " Little tube of mighty pow'r, Charmer of an idle hour, Object of my warm desire, Lip of wax and eye of fire : 1 His majesty in the course of his work informs us, " that some of the gentry of the land bestowed... | |
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Charmer of an idle hour, Object of my warm desire, Lip of wax, and eye of fire ; And thy snowy taper waist, With my finger gently brac'd ; And thy pretty swelling crest, With my little stopper prest... 
