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" Had scarce an unbroach'd pleasure left; He found already to his cost, The shining gloss of life was lost ; And pleasure was so coy a prude, She fled the more, the more pursued ; Or if o'ertaken and caress'd, He loath'd and left her when possess'd. But... "
The Life of Hannah More: With a Critical Review of Her Writings - Page 7
by William Shaw - 1802 - 208 pages
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Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pages
...scarce an nuhrnach'd pleasure left ; He found already to his cost The shining gloss of life was lost, And pleasure was so coy a prude. She fled the more, the more pursued; Or if o'erlakcn and caress'd, He loath'd and left her when possess'd. Dut Florio knew the world; that science...
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The Complete Works of Hannah More, Volume 1

Hannah More - 1856 - 578 pages
...scarce an unbroach'd pleasure left ; He found already to his cost, The shining gloss of life was lost ; And Pleasure was so coy a prude, She fled the more, the more pursu'd ; Or if, o'ertaken and careiss'd, He loath'tl and left her when possess'd. But FLORIO knew...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 pages
...scarce an unbroach'd pleasure left ; He found already to his cost, The shining gloss of life was lost ; And Pleasure was so coy a prude, She fled the more,...caress'd, He loath'd and left her when possess'd. But FLOHIO knew the WORLD ; that science Sets sense and learning at defiance ; He thought the World to...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...scarce an nnbroach'd pleasure left; He found already to his cost, The shining gloss of life was lost ; And Pleasure was so coy a prude, She fled the more, the more pursued ; Or if o'crtaken and caress'd, He loath'd and left her when possess'd. But FLORIO knew the WORLD ; that science...
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Lives of Celebrated Women

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1860 - 356 pages
...scarce an unbroached plp^ure left} He found already, to his cost, The shining gloss of life was lost, And Pleasure was so coy a prude, She fled the more, the more pursued; Or, if o'ertaken and caressed, He loathed and left her when possessed. But Florio knew the world; that science Sets sense...
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The Book of Noble Englishwomen: Lives Made Illustrious by Heroism, Goodness ...

Charles Bruce - 1875 - 636 pages
...Had scarce an unbroach'd pleasure He found already to his cost The shining gloss of life was lost, And Pleasure was so coy a prude, She fled the more,...the more pursued ; Or if o'ertaken and caress'd, He loathed and left her when possess'd. But Florio knew the world ; that science Sets sense and learning...
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