 | English epigrams - 1878 - Страниц: 464
...Hercules. Alexander Pope (1688-1744). DCCXXXIII. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I know a thing that 's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent and attend !) I know...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour, Not grave thro' pride, or gay through folly, — An equal mixture of good humour, And... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - Страниц: 222
...pleasant, and painted a portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady : " J know a thins that's most uncommon — Envy, be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend: ttwM.l'M-1'iV.V.co'v 'tVUi:*: V.iViViV-.' •Jv.v :,:•';.! "Not warped by... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - Страниц: 276
...mine — All good attend my Valentine ! THOMAS, LORD MACAULAY. TO A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. KNOW the thing that's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent, and...Handsome and witty, yet a Friend. Not warp'd by Passion, aw'd by Rumour, Not grave thro' Pride, or gay through Folly, An equal Mixture of good Humour, And sensible... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - Страниц: 200
...deprive Of Heaven, to which themselves can ne'er arrive. CXXIII. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent, and...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour; Not grave thro' pride, or gay thro' folly; An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - Страниц: 204
...arrive. POPE. To an Inconstant Woman. 61 CXXIII. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that 's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent, and attend !) I...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour ; Not grave thro' pride, or gay thro' folly ; An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible... | |
 | Douglas Veitch - 1882 - Страниц: 394
...27. Sow good, even on an unworthy soil ; for it will not be lost, wherever it is \ i sown. I know the thing that's most uncommon ; Envy be silent and attend...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. — Pope. Constant suspicion of others arises from moral twilight in your own mind. —Bacon. , ( i... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - Страниц: 874
...not less pleasant, and painted a portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady : — " I know a thing that's most uncommon — Envy, be silent...attend ! — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : "Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - Страниц: 668
...not less pleasant, and painted a portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady : — " I know a thing that's most uncommon — Envy, be silent...attend '. — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - Страниц: 480
...example shewn, How quickly all the sex pursue ! ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. BY MR. POPE. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon, (Envy, be silent and attend...rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly r An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible, soft melancholy. " Has she no faults, then, (Envy... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - Страниц: 416
...not less pleasant, and painted a portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady : — " I know a thing that's most uncommon — Envy, be silent...and attend! — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay... | |
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Yes, she has one, I must aver : When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf and does not hear. 
