| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1841 - 482 頁
...iii. c. 1. lines 553 to 560. Pope has made use of Chaucer more literally. "Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." Eloiie to Abelard. Warburton, in a note on these lines, alludes to this " imitation" of Chaucer, and... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 頁
...marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made ! Love, free as air, at sight *h i e eHr honor, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame ; Before true passion all those... | |
| Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1841 - 548 頁
...superior to such vulgar preiudices. I thought you felt with me that — " Love free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." Think of our dearer union of souls, our more lassionate, more enduring ecstasy — think of ,he joy... | |
| Richard Hildreth - 1844 - 304 頁
...marriage have I said, Curse on all laws but those which Love has made. Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies," &c., &c. POPE'S Etoisa and .Ibtlard. mystics, has not allowed them to make any distinction between... | |
| Hints - 1846 - 164 頁
...sneer at matrimony, and cite the immortal Pope as his authority, that — " Love, free as air, at sight of human ties Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." But, au fond he is a very domestic being. Your surest baits are flattery, and a kind of humble adoration... | |
| Joseph A. Nunes - 1848 - 272 頁
...generalities ; but as soon as it comes to particulars, I say with Pope, " ' Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies;' and then I am what you lawyers term . non esl inventus. No ! I have a heart for the whole sex, and... | |
| 1849 - 544 頁
...their coarse, inquisitive inquiries. He was too much of a gentleman ! Love, light as air, at sight of human ties Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies. So Mr. Soapey fled, consoling himself with the reflection that there was no harm done, and hoping for... | |
| Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 頁
...sweet love anon, Taketh his nimble wings and soon away is gone. — Spetmer. Love free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies. — Pope. ГКАКГК GRANT. NOBLE REPLY.- — John Locke, the philosopher, was persecuted by the... | |
| Edward Deering Mansfield - 1851 - 348 頁
...marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties Spreads his light, wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honor, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those... | |
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