 O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat?  Annual Register - Sida 718redigerad av - 1803Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Giuseppe Acerbi - 1802 - 448 sidor
...his knowledge might have been .enereafed, but his creative fancy could not have been affifted :—r Oh! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking of the frofty Caucafus ? Or wallow naked in December (how, By thinking on fantaftic fummer's heat ? CHAPTER... | |
 | Giuseppe Acerbi - 1802 - 442 sidor
...his knowledge might have been jcncreafed, but his creative fancy could not have been affifted : — Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking of the frofty Caucafus ? Or wallow naked in December fnow, By thinking on fantaftic fummer's heat ? CHAPTER... | |
 | 1803 - 892 sidor
...been increased, but his •creative fancy could not have been assisted : — Oh '. who can hold a fife in his hand, By thinking of the frosty Caucasus ?...on fantastic summer's heat ? Manners and Characters nf the dif•fermt Inhalitantt of Egypt. From Walsh's History of "j/te Campaign, i5"c. EGYPT is .inhabited... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 1298 sidor
...hundred degrees, by Celsius. 3 B 3 might might have been increased, but his creative fancy could not have been assisted: — Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking of the frosty Caucasus ? Or Callow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? Manners and Characters of the... | |
 | 1803 - 866 sidor
...hundred degrees, by Celsios. 3B3 . might have been increased,- but his creative fancy could not liave been assisted : — Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking of the frnsty Caucasus? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Manners... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sidor
...frosty Caucasus ? . • • Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, .' .. By bare imagination of a feast I Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? Oh, no, the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse j • 'Fell Sorrow's... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sidor
...thinking on the frosty Caucasus P Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite. By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Oh, no ! the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the worse ; Fell sorrow's... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 sidor
...thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of Appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Oh, no 1 the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. King Richard II.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 sidor
...thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O, no ! the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse: Fell sorrow's tooth... | |
 | 1823 - 832 sidor
...to the ground, — the spark must ignite the gunpowder, — the laws of nature must be obeyed : For who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking of the frosty Caucasus ? Montesquieu has said, that honour is the principle of a monarchy : but Mr Hunt, who knows better,... | |
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