 | James Branch Cabell - 1907 - 372 sayfa
...cousin to the Earl of Brudenel, and the widow (by his second marriage) of Lord Stephen Allonby, 1 " Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail, Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale." the Marquis of .Falmouth's younger brother; and it was conceded by the most sedate that Lord Stephen's... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 sayfa
...Shock. To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th' important charge, the petticoat: I «S Oft have we known that seven-fold fence to fail, Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale; no Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. "Whatever spirit,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1909 - 132 sayfa
...115 Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th' important charge, the petticoat: Oft have we known...Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale ; 120 Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. Whatever... | |
 | Richard Storry Deans - 1909 - 492 sayfa
...clothes ! " Formerly, it had been said that a hooped and whale-boned petticoat was insufficient:— " Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail Though stiff with hoops and armed with ribs of whale," he quoted, amidst the laughter of the peers, " Here was a sergeant of dragoons, a courier, an elevated... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1176 sayfa
...be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her favorite lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. ' ting points the sacred hair dissever From the fair...Then flashed the living lightning from her eyes, 155 «o Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around, ' Whatever... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1911 - 792 sayfa
...clogged he beats his silken wings in vain; 130 'To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th' important charge, the petticoat: Oft have we known...Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale; 120 Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. Or alum styptics... | |
 | 1912 - 316 sayfa
...be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her favourite Lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust...sevenfold fence to fail, Though stiff with hoops and arm'd with ribs of whale; Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference... | |
 | Esther Willard Bates - 1912 - 338 sayfa
...To change a Flounce or add a Furbelow. . . . To fifty chosen Sylphs, of special note, We trust th' important charge, the Petticoat: Oft have we known that seven-fold fence to fail, Tho' stiff with hoops, and arm'd with ribs of whale; Form a strong line about the silver bound, And... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 854 sayfa
...115 Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. "To fifty chosen Sylphs, of special note, We trust th' fernal b 1 ) Form a strong line about the silver bound, 121 And guard the wide circumference around. "Whatever spirit,... | |
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To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust the important charge, the petticoat ; Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail, Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. 
