| William Cowper - 1863 - 540 páginas
...and lost his walk. I interrupt him with a sudden bow, Adieu, dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that 's all perfume ; The sight 's enough — no need to smell a beau— Who thrusts his nose into... | |
| William Cowper - 1864 - 454 páginas
...and lost his walk. I interrupt him with a sudden bow, Adieu, dear sir ! lest you should lose it now. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss...perfume ; The sight's enough— no need to smell a beau— Who thrusts his head into a raree-show I .His odoriferous attempts to please, Perhaps might... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds - 1865 - 588 páginas
...smell appears equally repulsive to the uninitiated, who would be tempted to cry out with Cowper — "I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss...all perfume ; The sight's enough, no need to smell a beau Who thrusts his nose into a raree show." Yet when properly diluted and combined with.other scents... | |
| Eugene Rimmel - 1867 - 404 páginas
...its smell is equally repulsive to the uninitiated, who would be tempted to cry out with Cowper— " I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss...all perfume; The sight's enough, no need to smell a beau Who thrusts his nose into a raree show." Yet, when properly diluted and combined with other scents,... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 332 páginas
...and lost his walk. I interrupt him with a sudden bow, Adieu, dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss...perfume ; The sight's enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a raree-show? His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper... | |
| William Cowper - 1870 - 574 páginas
...and lost his walk. I interrupt him with a sudden bow, Adieu, dear sir ! lest you should lose it now. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss...perfume ; The sight's enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts hisuead into a raree-show 1 His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper... | |
| Harriette Noel-Thatcher - 1871 - 120 páginas
...do smoky visitors. It was our lot lately to receive one whose presence reminded of the couplet — " I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume." But oh ! 'twas worse than civet. In the course of conversation the visitor observed that there were... | |
| Edwin Lankester - 1876 - 442 páginas
...time, the use of civet was very extensive, and exposed those who employed it to his satire : — " I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume, The sight's enough, indeed, to smell a beau Who thrusts his nose into a raree-show." At the present day it is considered... | |
| Edwin Lankester - 1876 - 396 páginas
...time, the use of civet was very extensive, and exposed those who employed it to his satire : — " I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume, The sight's enough, indeed, to smell a beau Who thrusts his nose into a raree-show." At the present day it is considered... | |
| William Cowper - 1881 - 562 páginas
...and lost his walk. I interrupt him witn a sudden DOW, Adien, dear sir ! lest you should lose it now. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that's all perfame ; The sight's enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his head into a raree-show... | |
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