Miller, once in a for'tnight, gave out a suba subject for poetical composition ; on which, when the company were assembled, those whom the Muses, or perhaps vanity, or the love of fame had influenced, produced their performances, and put them into an... The Triflers: Consisting of Trifling Essays, Trifling Anecdotes, and a Few ... - Page 12by Richard Graves - 1805 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1905 - 726 pages
...a subject for poetical composition, on which, when the company was assembled, those whom the Muse*, or perhaps vanity, or the love of fame, had influenced,...nymph put in her delicate arm and took out a single poem, which the author, or someone who either had, or fancied he had, an agreeable elocution, read... | |
| Richard Graves - English poetry - 1806 - 198 pages
...Easton. Lady Miller, once in a for'tnight, gave out a suba subject for poetical composition ; on which, when the company were assembled, those whom the Muses,...nymph put in her delicate arm, and took out a single poem, which the author, or some one who either had, or fancied he had an agreeable elocution, read... | |
| Richard Graves - English poetry - 1806 - 200 pages
...Easton. Lady Miller, once in a for'tnight^gave out a suba subject for poetical composition ; on which, when the company were assembled, those whom the Muses,...antique marble vase brought from Rome, and placed oil a pedestal in the bow window : when the company were seated, some young nymph put in her delicate... | |
| Alfred Barbeau - Bath (England) - 1904 - 446 pages
...Graves, " once a fortnight, gave out a subject for poetical composition ; on which, when the company was assembled, those whom the Muses, or perhaps vanity,...nymph put in her delicate arm, and took out a single poem, which the author, or some one who either had, or fancied he had, an agreeable elocution, read... | |
| Alfred Barbeau - Bath (England) - 1904 - 432 pages
...for poetical composition: on which, when Ihe company was assembled, those whom the Muses, or perbaps vanity. or the love of fame had influenced, produced...antique marble vase brought from Rome, and placed in a pedestal in the bow window : when the company were seated, some young nymph put in her delicate... | |
| A. Barbeau - Bath (England) - 1904 - 426 pages
...Miller, once in a fortnight, gave out a subject for poetical composition: on which, when the company was assembled, those whom the Muses, or perhaps vanity, or the love of farne had influenced, produced their performances, and put them into an decant antique marble vase... | |
| Edward Stanley Roscoe - England - 1912 - 368 pages
...Miller once a fortnight gave out a subject for poetical composition, on which, when the company was assembled, those whom the Muses, or perhaps vanity,...nymph put in her delicate arm and took out a single poem, which the author, or some one who either had, or fancied he had, an agreeable elocution, read... | |
| Ruth Avaline Hesselgrave - Batheaston (England) - 1927 - 132 pages
...Easton. Lady Miller, once in a for'tnight, gave out a subject for poetical composition ; on which, when the company were assembled, those whom the Muses,...nymph put in her delicate arm, and took out a single poem, which the author, or some one who either had, or fancied he had an agreeable elocution, read... | |
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