| 1806 - 688 pages
...charming opera, the Duenna. But Mr. S. is no plagiarist, and his copy is us enchanting as the original. I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid, who seeks my heart,... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 432 pages
...found she wouldn't love me, and then, I discovered that she hadn'ta good feature in her face. AIR. I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid, who seeks my heart Cheeks... | |
| Thomas Francklin, Jean-François de La Harpe, Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...found she wouldn't love me, and then, I discovered that she hadn'ta good feature in her face. AIR. I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid, who seeks my heart Cheeks... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 420 pages
...found she wouldn't love me, and then, I discovered that she hadn'ta good feature in her face. AIR. / ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; 1 ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid, who seeks my heart Cheeks... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...no more resign'd, He glow'd with joy to hear it ; Not worse his fate, his woe to find, [SHERIDAN.] I NE'ER could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 386 pages
...no more resign'd, He glow'd with joy to hear it ; Not worse his fate, his woe to find, [SHERIDAN.] 1 NE'ER could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 pages
...warm. The word adore iu the 4th verse had better be read admire. Here again we have dying for love. " T ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ;" (P. 312.) shews a passion wholly selfish. " Dear Chloe what means this disdain," (p. 314.) is coarse... | |
| 1866 - 830 pages
...minas." So again, Marmaduke Lawson's translation of Sheridan's graceful verses, which begin thus — " I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip. But where mine own did hope to sip." " Phillidis cfTugmnt nns lamina:... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1821 - 428 pages
...found she wouldn't love me, and then I discovered that she hadn't a good feature in her face. AIE. I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. Has the maid who seeks my heart Cheeks... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1825 - 462 pages
...not very sentimental in this conversion of the poetry of affection to other and less sacred uses—as if, like the ornaments of a passing pageant, it might...glance aversion hints, I always think the lady squints. I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip. No pearly teeth rejoice my view, Unless... | |
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