Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom... The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 58by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
| Alexander Walker - 1840 - 452 pages
...affect even when she does not feel it." Byron has well availed himself of this thought : Man's love IB of man's life a thing apart, Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride,... | |
| 1841 - 608 pages
...Love instructed her to compare him with others, and invariably to make the comparison in his favour. " Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence." Not that this opinion of the caustic but elegant Byron could apply to Horace in the remotest degree;... | |
| lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 898 pages
...forswore, And Constance was beloved no more, — 'Tis an old tale, and often told. Marmion. BYRON says, " Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, Tis woman's whole existence !" True it is, that the passion which makes up the whole of a woman's existence, is but one among the... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pages
...than I deem ; I trace this scrawl because I cannot rest — I 've nothing to reproach, or to request. Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence ; — man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory oft'er in exchange Pride,... | |
| 1847 - 540 pages
...'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them, but mockeries of the past alone. BYRON'S Don Juan. 47. Man's love is of man's life a thing apart — 'Tis woman's whole existence. BYRON'S Don Juan. 48. For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a... | |
| Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1847 - 500 pages
...passion is bowery and beautiful, but many a serpent is hidden, beneath the roses of her ideal Eden. " Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,. 'Tis woman's whole existence." To him it is the plaything of joy and youth; but hers is a deeper, a more enduring love ; it is the... | |
| 1847 - 526 pages
...'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them, but mockeries of the past alone. BYRON'S Don Juan. 47. Man's love is of man's life a thing apart — 'Tis woman's whole existence. BYRON'S Don Juan. 48. For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1848 - 324 pages
...never hear anything without referring it to that. However, after all, perhaps it is natural:— " ' Man's love is of man's life a thing apart— 'Tis woman's whole existence.' " " Too sad a truth," replied Mary Clifford, thoughtfully; " perhaps it is of too little importance... | |
| Humphry William Freeland - 1848 - 220 pages
...huntsman's pride; But just as horse and hound swept by, He totter'd, swoon'd, and died. THE FORSAKEN. Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence. BTROK. THOU art but in life's morning: every grace The rosy freshness of that morn should wear, Yet... | |
| Ellen Wallace - 1870 - 192 pages
...Brooke. A homely Story. " Love is strong as death." 7. The Girls of Feversham. 8. Veronique. A Romance. " Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence." 9. Petronel. (A Novel.) Edition after edition of these Novels has been called for in this country.... | |
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