10. "Tis the curse of kings, To be surrounded by a venal herd Of flatterers, that soothe his darling vices, BROOK'S Earl of Warwick. 11. Curse on the coward or perfidious tongue That dares not, even to kings, avow the truth. 12. To shake with laughter, ere the jest they hear, THOMSON. DR. JOHNSON. 13. A lazy, proud, unprofitable crew, 14. A mere court butterfly, CUMBERLAND. That flutters in the pageant of a monarch. BYRON'S Sardanapalus. 15. And none did love him-though to hall and bower He knew them flatterers of the festal hour, BYRON'S Childe Harold. COURTSHIP. 1. Bring, therefore, all the forces that you may, Plaints, prayers, vows, ruth, and sorrow, and dismay,- SPENSER'S Sonnets. 2. So well he woo'd her, and so well he wrought her, 3. With fair entreaty and sweet blandishment, To lend an ear, and softly to relent. I do not love SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. Much ceremony; suits in love should not, Like suits in law, be rock'd from term to term. 4. There is, sir, a critical minute in Every man's wooing, when his mistress may 5. She is beautiful, therefore to be woo'd; She is woman, therefore to be won. SHIRLEY. MARMYAN. SHAKSPEARE. 6. Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; SHAKSPEARE. 7. Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain, 8. But tho' I lov'd you well, I woo'd you not; SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. 9. In those ears of mine, These credulous ears, he pour'd the sweetest words 10. I am not form'd, by flattery and praise, To charm at once, and spoil her. 11. He that would win his dame, must do 12. For, you must know, a widow's won BEAUMONT. THOMSON. BUTLER'S Hudibras. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 13. She most attracts who longest can refuse. AARON HILL. 14. With easy freedom and a gay address, A pressing lover seldom wants success. 15. A witty, wild, inconstant, free gallant. 16. To me he came; my heart with rapture sprung, 17. So, with decorum all things carried, ROWE. ROWE. GAY's Dione. Miss frown'd, and blush'd, and then was married. 18. She half consents who silently denies, GOLDSMITH. OVID. POPE'S Eloisa. 19. Men dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. 158 20. COURTSHIP. Like a lovely tree She grew to womanhood, and between whiles BYRON'S Don Juan. 21. The gentle pressure and the thrilling touch. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. To pick up gloves, and fans, and knitting-needles, And list for songs and tunes, and watch for smiles, And smile at pretty prattle, and look into The eyes of maids as tho' they were bright stars. 23. But yet she listen'd-'t is enough Who listens once will listen twice, Her heart, be sure, is not of ice, BYRON. BYRON'S Mazeppa. 24. Then thro' my brain the thought did pass, 25. Skill'd in the ogle of a roguish eye. BYRON'S Mazeppa. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 26. Not much he kens, I ween, of woman's breast, 28. While the dimple and blush, starting soft to her cheek, Told the tale that her tongue was too timid to speak. MRS. OSGOOD. 29. There's nothing like maneuvering in season, Ye parents, who have daughters to dispose of, Especially if you have any reason 30. To think in maidenhood their lives will doze off, DAWES' Geraldine. When happy lovers meet Of their young hearts to tender wishes stirr'd, MRS. A. B. WELBY. 1. COWARDICE - FEAR. His hand did quake, And tremble like a leaf of aspen green, And troubled blood thro' his pale face was seen SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. Thereat he smitten was, with great affright, SPENSER'S Fairy Queen.. 3. Cowards die many times before their death; The valiant never taste of death but once. 4. And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But, coward-like, with trembling terror die. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. |