 Scarce once herself, by turns all womankind! Who, with herself, or others, from her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth: Shines in exposing knaves, and painting fools, Yet is, whate'er she hates and ridicules.  The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ... - Page 272edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - Authors, English - 1875 - 404 pages
...Marlborough, the daughter of a country squire — of plain Richard Jennings ? Then Atossa, we are told, — from her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth ; Shines in exposing knaves. — The father of the Duchess of Buckinghamshire was driven from his throne, and her brother declared... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...and thought. Woman and fool are two hard things to hit; For true no-meaning puzzles more than wit. But what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce...her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth ; loo Shines in exposing knaves and painting fools, Yet is whate'er she hates and ridicules. No thought... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...things to hit; For true no-meaning puzzles more than wit. But what are these to great AIOSBB'S mind I ite ! Look in your glass, and there appears a face That over-goes my blunt invention quite, and painting fools, Yet is, whate'er she hates and ridicules. No thought advances, but her eddy brain... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 384 pages
...are sufficiently well known, it may not be amiss to repeat them for the convenience of the reader : " But what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce...her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth; which will be in a fortnight. In the meantime, they are permitted to be alone together every day."... | |
 | James Paterson Gledstone - 1901 - 390 pages
...came. Most remarkable of all was the haughty face of the Duchess of Marlborough, 'great Atossa— ' Who with herself, or others, from her birth Finds...one warfare upon earth. Shines, in exposing knaves, and painting fools, Yet is whate'er she hates and ridicules ! ' Her letters to the Countess of Huntingdon... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...and Thought. Woman and fool are two hard things to hit; For true No-meaning puzzles more than Wit. But what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce...all womankind! Who with herself, or others, from her hirth Finds all her life one warfare npon earth; Shines in exposing knaves and painting fools, Yet... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...to hit; For true no-meaning puzzles more than wit. But what are these to great Atossa's mind ? 115 Scarce once herself, by turns all womankind ! Who,...one warfare upon earth ; Shines, in exposing knaves, and painting fools, Yet is, vvhate'er she hates and ridicules. 120 No thought advances, but her eddy... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...WOMEN us BUT what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce once herself, by turns all womenkind ! Who, with herself, or others, from her birth Finds...one warfare upon earth : Shines, in exposing knaves, and painting fools, 120 Yet is, whate'er she hates and ridicules. No thought advances, but her eddy... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 pages
...is clear, Whatever is, is right. CHARACTER OF ATOSSA FROM EPISTLE II. OF THE CHARACTERS OF WOMEN «s BUT what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce once herself, by turns all womenkind ! Who, with herself, or others, from her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...is clear, Whatever is, is right. CHARACTER OF ATOSSA FROM EPISTLE II. OF THE CHARACTERS OF WOMEN n5 BUT what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce once herself, by turns all womenkind ! Who, with herself, or others, from her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth... | |
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