 You have at this instant got the Maiden-head of my officious scribbling instrument, as you have some years since, the Virginity of another Quill. The Ink of this is black and smutty, but that of the other was of a more innocent and pleasing colour...  The Whores Rhetorick, 1683 - Page xxxi1836Full view - About this book
 | Michael C. Schoenfeldt - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 364 pages
...work "To the Most Famous University of London Courtezans," and tells them how in this work, his first, "you have at this instant got the Maiden-head of my...other was of a more innocent and pleasing colour" (p. 12). 46. Strier, Love Known, p. 252; Vendler, Poetry of George Herbert, p. 51; in addition, see... | |
 | James Turner - History - 2002 - 380 pages
...Swiftian surge of invention: You have at this instant got the Maiden-head of my officious scribling Instrument, as you have some years since the Virginity...conversation, it changed once its native Simplicity for the variety of all the colours in the Rainbow ... A little of that sharpness you inspire into your... | |
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