 But what success Vanessa met, Is to the world a secret yet. Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; Or to compound the business, whether They temper love...  The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott - Side 226av Walter Scott - 1834Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 574 sider
...upon a more slender foundation, as I (hall presently show. The lines alluded to are the following : But what success. VANESSA met, Is to the world a secret yet : Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantick strain ; Or whether he at last... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 sider
...is wise Enough to read a lady's eyes, And will each accidental glance Interpret for a kind advance. But what success Vanessa met Is to the world a secret yet : Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain, Or whether he at last descends... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 sider
...is wise enough to read a lady's eyes, and will each accidental glance interpret for a kind advance. But what success Vanessa met, is to the world a secret yet : whether the nymph, to please her swain, talks in a high romantic strain; or whether he at last descends... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 sider
...preceding narrative, or the perusal of the correspondence between the lovers. It begins with the well known lines, But what success Vanessa met, Is to the world...intimacy between Cadenus and Vanessa, it were in vain to inquire. But to brand Swift as a seducer, and Miss Vanhomrigh as his victim, on account of a single... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 524 sider
...is wist Enough to read a lady's eyes, And will each accidental glance Interpret for a kind advance. But what success Vanessa met Is to the world a secret yet, Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 sider
...is wise Enough to read a lady's' eyes, And will each accidental glance Interpret for a kind advance. But what success Vanessa met Is to the world a secret yet, Whether the nymph, to please her swain. Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 676 sider
...narrative, or the perusal of the correspondence between the lovers. It begins with the well known lines, Bat -what success Vanessa met, Is to the world a secret yet, &c. I To what purpose these lines were introduced, whether from Swift's usual vein of humour, which never... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 sider
...is wise Enough to read a lady's eyes, And will each accidental glance Interpret for a kind advance. But what success Vanessa met, Is to the world a secret yet. Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 sider
...is wise Enough to read a lady's eyes, A nd will each accidental glance Interpret for a kind advance. But what success Vanessa met Is to the world a secret yet : Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain, Or whether he at last descends... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 556 sider
...as Mr Berwick's friendship has enabled him to do ; in order that Swift's conduct, weak and blameable as it must be held in this instance, may at least...intimacy between Cadenus and Vanessa, it were in vain to inquire. But to brand Swift as a seducer, and Miss Vanhomrigh as his victim, on account of a single... | |
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