| Thomas Hayward - 1738 - 324 pagini
...fince we Were made before ye, mould we not love and Admire ye as the luft, and therefore perfect'ft work Of nature ? Man was made, when nature was But an apprentice, but woman, when fhe Was a skilful miftrefs of her art ; therefore Curfed is he that doth not admire thofe Paragons,... | |
| William Oldys - 1740 - 328 pagini
...fince we Were made before ye, fhould we not love and Admire ye as the laft, and therefore perfecYft work Of nature ? Man was made, when nature was. But an apprentice, but woman, when me Was a skilful miftrefs of her art ; therefore Curfed is he that doth not admire thofe Paragons,... | |
| 1828 - 658 pagini
...upon men of letters is so rare, that it may in all ways be considered as a curiosity. WOMAN CREATED. Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice— but Woman, when she was a skilful mistress.— Cupiita Whirligig, MIONONETTE I will have on her lips, On her cheeks the dark ruby repose, O'er her... | |
| Cupid - 1826 - 252 pagini
...And since we were made before you, should we not love and admire you, as the last and most perfect work of Nature ? Man was made when Nature was but...woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art: By your love we live in double breath, even in our offspring after death. Are not all vices masculine,... | |
| 1831 - 472 pagini
...! And since we were made before you, should we not live and admire you as the last and most perfect work of Nature ? Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice ; but ffinnan when she wat a skilful mistress of her art. By your love we live in double breath, even in... | |
| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 368 pagini
...since we were made before you, should we not love and admire you as the last, and therefore perfect work of nature ? Man was made when nature was but...art : therefore, cursed is he that doth not admire those paragons, those models of heaven — angels on earth, goddesses in shape." MY JEAN! Tune —... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pagini
...since we were made before you, should we not love and admire you as the last, and, therefore, perfect l' ; Nae bombast spates o' nonsense swell ; Nae snap...can the strongest quell, The sternest move. [This those paragons, those models of heaven, angels on earth, goddesses in shape !"] Tune — The Northern... | |
| Mary Ann Hartley - 1840 - 312 pagini
...And since we were made before you, Should we not live and admire you As the last, and most perfect work of nature ? " Man was made when nature was but...woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art. By your love we lire in double breath, Even in our offspring, after death. " Are not all vices masculine,... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pagini
...you ! And since we were made before you, should we not admire you as the last, and therefore perfect work of nature! Man was made when nature was but an...woman, when she was a skilful mistress of her art." It is not at all likely that Burns ever heard of " Cupid's Whirligig ; " his lines are more pregnant... | |
| 1844 - 878 pagini
...pass from this instance. Another: In Cupid's Whirligig, published in 1607, occurs this passage: — ' Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but...woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art.' We need scarcely adduce the parallel thought of the same poet — * Her prentice hand she tried on... | |
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