 Oh ! she was perfect, past all parallel — Of any modern female saint's comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison ; Even her minutest motions went as well As those of the best time-piece made by...  The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 8by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1869 - 610 pages
...Harrison : In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine incomparable oil, 'Macassar !' Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, — ***** Don Jose, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking various fruit without her leave. He was... | |
 | 1869 - 730 pages
...any but two things, viz. that you are the mother of my child, and that we shall never meet again. I Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours,Don Jos6, like a lineal son of Eve, Went plucking various fruit without her leave. He was a mortal... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...great cause. Marino Falicro. Act ii. Sc. 2. Born in a garret, in the kitchen bred. A Sketch. DON JUAN. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil' Macassar ! Canto i. Stan2n 17. But, O ye lords of ladies intellectual ! Inform us truly, have they not hen-pecked... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1870 - 500 pages
...s*com pan son ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison : Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...surpass her Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar. Perfect she was ; but as perfection is • Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Don Jose, like a... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1870 - 504 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison : Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...surpass her Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar. Perfect she was ; but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Don Jose, like a lineal... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...parallel — Of any modern female saint's comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, îven the Beneath avenging Monkir's scythe ; § And from its torment 'scape alo Кл rison. 'n virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine ' incomparable oil,' Macassar... | |
 | William Watts - 1872 - 114 pages
...Fair. To turn the riffraff into grand dwellings, would verify the saying of bogs ia clean parlors. J " Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this...naughty world of ours, Where our first parents never learned to kiss, Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers, Where all was peace, and innocence,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 404 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison ; Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar ! M Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first parents... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 368 pages
...comparison ; So far above the cunning powers of hell, Her guardian angel had given up his garrison ; Even her minutest motions went as well As those of...surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar ! M Perfect she was, but as perfection is Insipid in this naughty world of ours, Where our first parents... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...fruits of love are gone ; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone ! On my Thirty-sixth Year. In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable oil," Macassar ! Don Juan. Canto 1. St. 17. But — oh ! ye lords of ladies intellectual ! Inform us truly have they... | |
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