 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 404 pages
...have never yet seen >-. • Sir W. (looking towards the entrance from the lawn) " But who is this ? What thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems — That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing." Enter Miss GALLAGHER. Miss G. Sir, I beg pardon.... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - English literature - 1826 - 524 pages
...whom I have never yet seen Sir W. (Looking towards the entrance from the lawn.) " But who is this ' What thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems — That so hedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing." Enter Miss Gallagher. Miss G. Sir, I beg pardon.... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...Tiim in this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' iles... | |
 | John Barclay (of Calcots.) - English language - 1826 - 184 pages
...BETHUMP, TO BESTAIN, TO BESMEAR. So in German bekiissen, to load with kisses, TO BEKISS. But who is this, what thing of sea or land, Female of sex it seems, That so BEDECK'D, ornate and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship. Milton. 21. In one instance BE... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...|ioini of brarery to bid defiance to the oracles of divine revelation. I,' Estrange. But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems. That so bedecked, ornate and cay, VOL. IV. Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus bound for the isles Of Javan or... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...deceived with ornament. Shakspeare. Ivorie, wrought in ornaments to decke the cheekes of horse. Chapman. What thing of sea or land. Female of sex it seems. That so bedecked, antäte and gay, Comes this way sailing? Milton's Agonista. Some think it most ornamental to wear their... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 374 pages
...whom I have never yet seen Sir W. (looking towards the entrance from the lawn-) " But who is this ? What thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems— That so bedeck'd, ornate and gay, Comes this way sailing." Enter Miss GALLAGHER. Miss G. Sir, I beg pardon.... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1833 - 250 pages
...all," cried he. ", Yes, yes, pray go on !" implored Miss, Phoebe. Huntley resumed— "Who is this, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, like a steady ship With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled and streamers waving ? " " No, not... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 564 pages
...mute, Irrational and brute !' &c. — passing off into this variety of rhythm, — ' But who is this, what thing of sea or land — Female of sex it seems — That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 510 pages
...whom I have never yet seen — Sir W. (looking towards the entrance from the lawn) " But who is this? What thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems — • That so bedeck'd, ornate and gay, Comes this way sailing." Enter Miss GALLAGHER. Miss G. Sir, I beg pardon.... | |
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Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play... 
