 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Ibid. Line 7I. I can enjoy her while she 's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away. Ibid. Line S1. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. Ibid. Line 87. Arms and the man I sing,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1874 - 132 páginas
...absurd in appearance, and yet true in fact. Opprobrious epithets of poets. "But when she [Fortune] dances' in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away." — DRYDEN, Imitation of Horace. " That strumpet Fortune. " — SHAKESPEARE, King John, iii. I. Higher... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 456 páginas
...beginning Laudo manentem, he went on, 'or to adopt the more beautiful paraphrase of l)ryden : — ' I can enjoy her while she's kind, But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away.' To give another instance in which Canning... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 484 páginas
...beginning Laudo manentem, he went on, ' or to adopt the more beautiful paraphrase of Lryden : — ' I can enjoy her while she's kind, But when she dances in the wind, AnA shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away.' To give another instance in which... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ibid. Line^\. I can enjoy her while she 's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away. ibid. Line 81. 1 Above all Greek, above all Roman fame. Pope, Epistle I. Book ii. Line 26. 2 Early,... | |
 | William Collins - 1877 - 104 páginas
...Promotes, degrades, delights iu strife, And makes a lottery of life. I cau enjoy her while she 's kiud ; But when she dances in the wind And shakes the wings...: Content with poverty, my soul I arm, And virtue, thougli in rags, will keep me warm. What is 't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 páginas
...After beginning Laudo manentem, he went on, ' or to adopt the more beautiful paraphrase of Dryden : ' I can enjoy her while she's kind, But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away.' 1 It was just before this speech (not before... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 páginas
...destroy, IB seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and inconstant tttiU, Bnt with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she 'a kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1880 - 320 páginas
...destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless ; Still various, and inconstant still, But with au inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she is kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the... | |
 | Horace - 1881 - 420 páginas
...destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes...kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away ; Nor always from afar survey, &c. From Maecenas's... | |
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Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery... 
