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" I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the Rainbow, trick her off in Air ; Choose a firm Cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. "
The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations ... - Page 381
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Criticisms on Art

William Hazlitt - Art - 1844 - 476 pages
...manifestations. Pope's lines on the character of women may be addressed to the painter who undertakes to embody it. " Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare, Dip in the rainbow, trick it off in air ; Choose a firm cloud, before it falls, and in it Catch, ere it change, the Cynthia of...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt - English drama - 1845 - 242 pages
...Daphne she, as lovely and as coy. Millamant is the perfect model of the accomplished fine lady : " Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare, Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air ; Choose a firm cloud, before it falls, and in it Catch ere she change, the Cynthia of a minute." She...
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The spirit of the polka

Charles Henry Knox - 1845 - 112 pages
...REALM REVERENTIALLY DEDICATED HUMBLEST OF HER HUNDRED ADMIRERS. THE SPIRIT or THE POLKA. CHAP. I. " Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare, Dip in the rainbow, trick her out in air ; Choose a firm cloud before it falls, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of the...
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Choricii Gazaei Orationes declamationes fragmenta

Choricius (of Gaza) - 1846 - 382 pages
...sur sa ligne la poussière des ailes du papillon ». Probabilius , cujus fuit memor, Popius : •< Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ; Dip in the rainbow ; trick her off in air ». Inde profecit et Delillius, sed castigate : « Cet amour innocent, pur et délicieux, Veut des...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...palms, and harps divine ; Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, 15 If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air ; Choose a firm cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute....
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...palms, and harps divine: Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Come then the colours and the ground prepare! Dip in the rainhow, trick her off in air ; Choose a firm cloud, hefore it fail, and in it Catch, ere she change,...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the ...

Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...palms, and harps divine ' ; Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air ; Choose a firm cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute....
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Essays Upon Authors and Books

William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1849 - 256 pages
...restless, light and inconstant man, who changes himself into a thousand figures ?" " Come then, the colors and the ground prepare ! Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air : Choose a fine cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute."...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...palms, and harps divine ; Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare '. Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air; Choose a firm cloud, before it fail, and in it ^atch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. 20...
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Criticisms and Dramatic Essays of the English Stage

William Hazlitt - Acting - 1851 - 360 pages
...all others the most difficult to personate on the stage. It is like the attempt to embody a shadow. " Come then, the colours and the ground prepare, Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air ; Choose a firm cloud, before it falls, and in it Catch, 'ere she change, the Cynthia of a minute."...
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