 | 1768 - 750 páginas
...таЬо etpre/ed a great „verfa, ta -whom a ¡aay bad given a /prig of myrtle. . ' " •" " '""V*"1 at hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The Myrtle, (enfign of fupreme command Ooniign'd by Venus to MeliflVs hand), >ч о- lefs capricious than a reigning... | |
 | 1746 - 532 páginas
...Literary and Hiftorical REGISTER. 429 On a LADV'sprefenfing a Sprig of MYR TLE to a GENTLEMAN. WHAT Fears, what Terrors does thy Gift create ! Ambiguous Emblem of uncertain Fate ! • ; • The Myrtle, Enfign of fupreme Command, (Confign'd by Venus to Meli/a's Hand) Not lefs capricious than a reigning... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 168 páginas
...lies! i< 11, ON A LAD Y's PRESENTING A SPRIG OF MYRTLE TO A GENTLEMAN. BY MR. HAMMOND. " TT7HAT fears, what terrors does thy gift create! ' Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate! ' The myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, 1 (Confign'd by VENUS to MELISSA'S hand) • Not lefs capricious than a... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1759 - 168 páginas
...Pentbau, &c, /En. 4. ON A LAD Y's PRESENTING A SPRIG OF MYRTLE TO A GENTLEMAN. BY MR. HAMMOND. WHAT fears, what terrors does thy gift create! Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, (Confign'd by VENUS to MELISSA'S hand) Not lefs capricious than a reigning... | |
 | Samuel Derrick - 1769 - 196 páginas
...SAMUEL JOHNSON, LLD AT THE REQUEST OF A GENTLEMAN TO WHOM A LADY HAD GIVEN A SPRIG OF MYRTLE. TXTHAT hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle (enfign of fupreme command, Confign'd by Venus to M«ilifia's hand) L + Not Not kfs capricious than... | |
 | 1784 - 1282 páginas
...written ly Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON, at the Requefl of a Gentleman to lubom a Lady bad given a Sprig of Myrtle* WHAT hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle (enfign of fupreme command, Confign'd by Venus toMelifla's hand) Not lei's capricious than a reigning... | |
 | John Almon - 1784 - 586 páginas
...VERSES, AT THE REQJJEST OF A GENTLEMAN TO WHOM A LADT HAD GIVEN A SPRIG OF MYRTLE. BY THE SAME. vV HAT hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain Fate ! The myrtle (enfign of fviprerne command, Confign'd by Venus to Melifta's hand) Not lefs capricious than a reigning... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - 328 páginas
...written by Dr. SAMUEL JoHNSoN, at the requtft of a Gentleman t» whom a Lady bad given a Sprig of Myrtle. WHAT hopes, what terrors, does thy gift create* Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate : The Myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, Confign'd by Venus to MelifTa's hand ; Not lefs capricious than a reigning... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 páginas
...; and he addrefled to her the following verfes, on her prefenting him with a nofegay of myrtle : " What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, " Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate : " The myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, " Confign'd by Venus to Melifla's hand ; " Not lefs capricious than a reigning... | |
 | 1794 - 428 páginas
...away, The thorn alone remaining ! ON A LADY'S PRESCNTING A SPRIG OF MYRTLE TO A GENTLEMAN. VVHAT fears what terrors does thy gift create ? Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtL1, enfign of fupreme command (Confign'd by Venus to Meliffa's hand) Not lefs capricious than a... | |
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What hopes, what terrours does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer.... 
