 | Horace Walpole - 1894 - 354 pages
...lines, from ' An English Padlock,' are not quite correctly quoted by Walpole. They should run— ' Be to her Virtues very kind : Be to her Faults a little blind, Let all her ways be unconfined, And clap your Padlock on her mind.' — Prior's Poems on Several Occasions, 1718, p. 104.... | |
 | William Potts - 1895 - 330 pages
...enthusiastic devotion of a large number of our scientific men. You remember what Matthew Prior says : — Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind. This we are bound to do in regard to Mr. Spencer, but, on the other hand, we ought to remember that... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1896 - 430 pages
...Arms : Seem more delighted with her Charms : Wait on Her to the Park and Play ; Put on good Humour ; make Her gay : Be to her Virtues very kind : Be to...unconfin'd : And clap your PADLOCK — on her Mind.' It is not, however, by ' Alma,' or his tales and episodes, but by his lighter pieces, that Prior escapes... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1896 - 394 pages
...Arms : Seem more delighted with her Charms : Wait on Her to the Park and Play : Put on good Humour ; make Her gay : Be to her Virtues very kind : Be to...unconfin'd : And clap your PADLOCK — on her Mind.' It is not, however, by ' Alma,' or his tales and episodes, but by his lighter pieces, that Prior escapes... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1896 - 902 pages
...extended arms, Seem more delighted with her charme, Wait on her to the Park and play, Pat on good hnmor, make her gay ; Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind, Let all her ways be nnconfined, And clap your padlock on — her mind." Instead of clapping the padlock on her mind we... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...When the rough seaman's louder shouts prevai', When fair occasion shows the springing gale. PRIOR. Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind. PRIOR : An English Padlech. Be to her merits kind, And to her faults, whate'er they are, be blind.... | |
 | 1896 - 244 pages
...praise. Burns, FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON. Serenely pure and yet divinely strong. Pope, SATIRES, vi. Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind. Prior. Warmly pure and sweetly strong. Collins, To SIMPLICITY. Whate'er is best administer'd is best.... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1896 - 800 pages
...doorway." She who found so much beauty and goodness in this spot, must have been acting on the motto, Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind. It may be acknowledged that Miss Mitford's work requires pruning, though the excuse is not far to seek:... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...January and ifay. L. 63. Woman's at best a contradiction still. m. POPE — Moral Essays. Ep. II. L. 270. cuit Alter a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd With obser n. PKIOB — An English Padlock. That if weak women went astray, Their stars were more in fault than... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...thy actions laid As temp'rance wills and prudence may persuade." PRIOR. Solomon, Bk. III., line 43. " Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little...be unconfin'd, And clap your padlock on her mind." PRIOR. An English Padlock, last lines. " Be to her faults a little blind ; Be to her virtues very kind... | |
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Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind. 
