| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...Tow'red cities pleafe us then, • And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold ; With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyei Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...knights and barons bold With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes la weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms,...grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear I 2 e In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, ttith mafk and antique pageantry,... | |
| John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...mafks, revels, &c. And here, that is in thefe exhibitions, there was a rich diiphy of the moft fplcndid With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence,...grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, I2C fplendid drefle?, of the WEEDS OF PEACE. See Note on SAMS.... | |
| Samuel Parr - Clergy - 1792 - 244 pages
...corruption might gradually find its way to rapacious* courtezans, to imperious matrons, and s That ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit and arms — At all events, the corruption which now circulates among the members of parliament, would... | |
| 1793 - 376 pages
...high triumphs hold, With flore of ladies, whofe bright eies 121 Rain influence, and judge the prife Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, And mafk and antique pageantry... | |
| Helen Maria Williams - France - 1796 - 472 pages
...feftival, whatever we read of tilts and tournaments, " Where throngs of knights, and barons bold, " In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, " With ftore...Rain influence, and judge the prize " Of wit, or arms ;" might have found its prototype. Its external magnificence feemed fitted to defy all ordinary force,... | |
| Art - 1810 - 1018 pages
...barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store ofladies, whose bright eyes Rain infiaence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. To talk of the bright eyes ofladies, judg-. ing the prize of wit, is, in-n-deed, with the poets, a... | |
| Great Britain - 1802 - 700 pages
...indeed, thofe authors made a faint of; but faints and knights were all that polfefled men's minds — « With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes * Rain influence and judge the prize * In wit or arms, whiUt all contend *To win her grace whom all commend,' " The peers were twelve, becaufe... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - World history - 1801 - 1008 pages
...indeed, thofe authors made a faint of; but faints and knights were all that poflcfled mens minds — With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize, In wit or arms, whilft all contend To win her grace whom all commend. The peers were twelve, becaufe... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...men/ Where throngs of knights and barons bo!8, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, _ ; With- store of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend -rtt To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear ' In saffron robe, and taper clear,... | |
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