 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 oldal
...amorous lay, will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector. VERSES to a LADY, on receiving from her a SPRIG of MYRTLE. " WHAT hopes, what terrours does thy gift create, 'f Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate : " The myrtle,... | |
 | 1812 - 560 oldal
...* The Rev. John Hunter, master of the Litchfield Free-school, by whom Johnson was educated. •*• Verses to a lady, on receiving from her a sprig of Myrtle :— What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ; The myrtle,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 oldal
...wife's ' The Rev. John Hunter, master of the Litchfield Free-school, by whom Johnson was educated. t Verses to a lady, on receiving" from her a sprig of Myrtle: — What hopes, what terrors does thv gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ; The myrtle,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 oldal
...preceptor, whose second wife was her aunt. According to Miss Seward, the grand-daughter of Mr Hunter*, his Verses to a Lady, on receiving from her a sprig of myrtle, which have been erroneously ascribed to Hammond, " were written at her grand-father's, and addressed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 oldal
...amorous lay, will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector. VERSES to a LADY, on receiving from her a SPRIG of MYRTLE. " What hopes, what terrours does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 oldal
...amorous lay, will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector. Verses to a Lady, on receiving from her a Sprig of Myrtle. " What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle, ensign... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 oldal
...amorous lay, will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector. Verses to a Lady, on receiving from her a Sprig of Myrtle. " What hope*, what terrors docs thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle, ensign... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 oldal
...the amorous lay will appea from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector. Verses to a Lady, on receiving from her a Sprig of Myrtle. " What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Amhiguous emblem of uncertain fate! 3 He also wrote... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 oldal
...the amorous lay will appea from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector. Verses to a Lady, on receiving from her a Sprig of Myrtle. " What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate! 3 He also wrote... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 oldal
...Lloyd, a young Quakeress, and among the complimentary verses he wrote about this time, are the following VERSES TO A LADY, ON RECEIVING FROM HER A SPRIG OF MYRTLE. \Vhat hopes, what terrors does thy gift create — Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate ! The myrtle,... | |
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Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand ; Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Now grants, and now rejects a lover's prayer. In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain ; In... 
