 | William Hayley - 1803 - 206 pages
...Innocence and Ease; " Her hope was pleasure, and her wish to please: For this, to Fashion early riles bhe paid ; For this, to Venus secret vows she made ? '...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. " Man as he is" her gentle heart alarm'd ; . . „ His troubles griev'd her, but his spirit charm'd.... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 188 pages
...was pleasure, and her wish to please : For this, to Fashion early rites she paid ; For this to Nature secret vows she made ; Nor held it sin to cast a private...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. ft Man as he is" her gentle heart alarm'd ; His troubles griev'd her, but his spirit charm' d. The... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 188 pages
...was pleasure, and her wish to please : For this, to Fashion early rites she paid ; For this to Nature secret vows she made ; Nor held it sin to cast a private...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. CT Man as he is" her gentle heart alarm'd ; His troubles griev'd her, but his spirit charm'd. The generous... | |
 | William Hayley - 1817 - 194 pages
...touching scenes new energy imprest On all the virtues of her feeling breast. Sweet Evelina's facinating power Had first beguil'd of sleep her midnight hour...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. rt Man as he is" her gentle heart alarm'd: His troubles griev'd her, but his spirit charm'd. The generous... | |
 | William Hayley - 1817 - 190 pages
...touching scenes new energy imprest On all the virtues of her feeling breast. Sweet Evelina's facinating power Had first beguil'd of sleep her midnight hour...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. " Man as he is" her gentle heart alarm'd : His troubles griev'd her, but his spirit charm'd. The generous... | |
 | 1826 - 300 pages
...touching scenes to find A field to exercise her youthful mind ; The touching scenes new energy impress'd On all the virtues of her feeling breast. ' Sweet...power Had first beguil'd of sleep her midnight hour : Possess'd by sympathy's enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. The Modern anecdote... | |
 | South Kensington Museum - 1880 - 164 pages
...Hayley, the painter's friend and biographer — Sweet Evelina's fascinating power Has first beguiled of sleep her midnight hour : Possest by sympathy's...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. Canto I. There are two landscapes by Morland (30 and 31), and another landscape (No. 15) js by Richard... | |
 | Arthur Bensley Chamberlain - 1910 - 528 pages
...pages of a new romance, Eager in fiction's touching scenes to find A field, to exercise her youthful mind ; The touching scenes new energy imprest On all...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day.' One of these versions was purchased from Romney by Lord Thurlow, another by Mr. Christian Curwen, and... | |
 | Caroline Gonda - 1996 - 316 pages
...of this image: Smith's engraving added the word 'EVELINA' and lines from Canto I of Hayley's poem: Sweet Evelina's fascinating power Had first beguil'd...enchanting sway, She read, unconscious of the dawning day. statement in an age which produced so many 'Words to express' the beautiful purity and tenderness of... | |
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O'er the dear pages of a new romance, Eager in fiction's touching scenes to find A field to exercise her active mind : The touching scenes new energy imprest On all the virtues of her feeling breast. Sweet Evelina's fascinating power Had first beguil'd... 