| John Ely - 1817 - 124 pages
...bird shall harmoniously join In a concert su soft and so clear, As she may not be fond to resign1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the...breed*; But let me that plunder forbear, -She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she avcrr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
| Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 pages
...tbt rich sbnU remember ibefmr. CHAPTER CXXVII. TENDERNESS OF MIND— On taking cflirft nais. I HAVE found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear ! She will iay 'tis a barbarous deed. For he ne'er can be true, she averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its young... | |
| 1818 - 444 pages
...imitated by Virgil, but Mr. Shenstone has made a new and nobler use of it in his pastoral ballad. I have found out a gift for my fair, , I have found where...wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say t'was a barbarous deed. &c. &c. Shenstone. în the sixth Idyllium, Daphnis singing tells Polyphemus... | |
| Susan Ferrier - 1818 - 358 pages
...Shenstone's beautiful pastoral— " My banks they are furnished with bees," &c. till she came to— " I hav« found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed." " There's some sense in that," cried the Doctor, who had been listening with great weariness. " You... | |
| Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1818 - 300 pages
...not have denied being the author of that sweetly moral, and simply pastoral eclogue, — " " I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeon breeds." " Oh, dacency ! Miss Crawley," interrupted her brother Darby, winking at the sub-sheriff... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 pages
...shall harmoniously join In a concert BO soft and so clear, As — she may not be fond to resign. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the...breed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its... | |
| Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 364 pages
...beautiful pastoral — " My banks they are furnished with bees," &c. till she came to — " I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed." " There*s some sense in that," cried the Doctor, who had been listening with great weariness. " You... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 pages
...return. In the second this passage has its prettyncss, though It be not equal to the former : ^ I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood pigeons breed ' But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed: For he ne'er... | |
| Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...my pray'r, Up to thy throne, my God, my King, To plead for pardon there ? Tenderness of Mind. I HAVE found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But all, let me that plunder forbear ! She will say 'tis a barbarov.s deed. For he ne'er can be true, sh-... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - 1820 - 464 pages
...father;" and falling into his sister's humour, very gracefully presented his basket, repeating, " I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed :" and all eyes being turned upon me and this mysterious basket, I uncovered it, and found two young... | |
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