 The treasures of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but near the house. What a delicious breath marriage sends forth! The violet bed's not sweeter.  The British Critic: A New Review - Página 1801816Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1867 - 698 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air . Of blessings when I come but near...What a delicious breath marriage sends forth ! The violet bed's not sweeter. Honest wedlock Is like a banqueting-house bnilt in a garden, On which the... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 páginas
...precious As are the concealed comforts of a man Locked up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessing when I come but near the house. What a delicious breath marriage sends forth. The violet bed's not sweeter! Middleton. O THONG- indeed is the man who has a good wife ; a sensible, affectionate,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1868 - 608 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the concealed comforts of a man Locked up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but near the...their modest odours ; when base lust, With all her powder, paintings, and pert pride, Is but a fair house built by a ditch-side."* Thus, then, it is not... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1868 - 378 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the concealed comforts of a man Locked up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but near the...violet-bed's not sweeter! Honest wedlock Is like a banqueting-honse built in a garden, On which the spring's chaste flowers take delight To cast their... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1870 - 818 páginas
...marriage sends forth! The violet bed 's not sweeter. Honest wedlock la like a banqueting-honse, bnilt in a garden, On which the spring's chaste flowers...when base lust, With all her powders, paintings, and pert pride,* ; Is but a fair house bnilt by a ditch side. But he has scarcely been at home an hour... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1870 - 440 páginas
...the husband in Middleton's play, exclaim with rhapsody — "What a delicious breath marriage gives forth! — The violet-bed's not sweeter. Honest wedlock...a banqueting-house built in a garden, On which the sweet spring flowers take delight To cast their modest odours." Or more calmly, but not less truly,... | |
 | 1871 - 150 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the concealed comforts of a man Locked up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings, when I come but near the...What a delicious breath marriage sends forth— The violet bed's not sweeter." MIDDLETON. I HAVE often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which... | |
 | James Payn - 1872 - 276 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but near the...marriage sends forth ! The violet-bed's not sweeter !' ' Your Eleanor is a true pearl, Fred. O, never leave her for a counterfeit ! " Base Passion, "With... | |
 | James Payn - 1872 - 444 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but near the...marriage sends forth ! The violet-bed's not sweeter I " "Your Eleanor is a true pearl, Fred. O, never leave her for a counterfeit! 'Base Passion, With... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 páginas
...of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but near the...What a delicious breath marriage sends forth! The violet bed's not sweeter. Honest wedlock Is like a banqueting-house built in a garden, On which the... | |
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