 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...too soon surprise ; My virtue, prudence, honour, interest, all Before ,this universal monarch fall. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray ; Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way ? Pleased with the passage, we slide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot shun. To him INDAMORA.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 pages
...possession nigh: Shortens the distance, or o'erlooks it quite; So easy 'tis to travel with the sight. Arim. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way? Pleas' d with the passage, we slide swiftly on: And see the dangers which we cannot shun. Ind. To what... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...fire holds good in one respect, that the fiercer it burns the sooner it is extinguished. Lord Hairnet. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray ; Who can tread sure on tho smooth slippery way ? Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers which... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...was born, And made her of such kindred mould to heav'n, She seems more heaven than ours. Lee,CEdipiu. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray ; Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way ? Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot shun. Dry den,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...DRYDEN. Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What pow'r the charms of beauty had of old. DRYDEN. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth slipp'ry way? Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot shun.... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...unenchantcd eye, To save her blossoms and defend her fruit From the rash hand of bold incontinence. Milton. eals and sheep ? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The plat slipp'ry way ? with the passage, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot shun. Dryden.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...DRYDEN. Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What pow'r the charms of beauty had of old. DRYDEN. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth slipp'ry way? Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot shun.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...was born, And made her of such kindred mould to heav'n, She seems more heaven than ours. Lee,CEdiput. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray ; Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way ? Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot 8h\rn.Dryden,Aurengz.... | |
 | Duchess - 1892 - 274 pages
...DV permit, ' " second I gaily. " Come along girls, let us look up our frocks, "says Gerry. CHAPTER VIII. " Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray. Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way ? Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on And see the dangers which we cannot shun." SUCH a heavenly... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 456 pages
...too soon surprise ; My virtue, prudence, honour, interest, all Before this universal monarch fall. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray ; Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way ? Pleased with the passage, we slide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot shun. day; To... | |
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My virtue, prudence, honour, interest, all Before this universal monarch fall. Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray ; Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way? Pleased with the passage, we slide swiftly on, And see the dangers which we cannot... 
