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The Prelude (1850) [ Concepts ]
… bowers Would to a child be transport over-great, When but a half-hour's roam through such a place Would leave behind a dance of images, That shall break in upon his sleep for weeks; Even then the common haunts of the green earth, And … fruits of Time's uncounted hours, Ere Phœbe sighed for the false Ganymede; Or there where Perdita and Florizel Together danced, Queen of the feast, and King; Nor such as Spenser fabled. True it is, That I had heard (what he perhaps had seen) … Aimed at the laggards slumbering within doors; Had also heard, from those who yet remembered, Tales of the May-pole dance, and wreaths that decked Porch, door-way, or kirk-pillar; and of youths, Each with his maid, before the sun was up, …
Poetry | Friendship | Beauty
Anthology
Drury Lane (1740) [ People / Places ]
… then in the full Bloom of what Beauty she might pretend to: Before this she had only been admired as the most excellent Dancer, which perhaps might not a little contribute to the favourable Reception she now met with as an Actress, in this …
Theatre | Dress | Beauty
Anthology
The New Bath Guide (1766) [ Practices / Places / People ]
… so soon, For it took up a Barber the whole Afternoon; His Jacket's well lac'd, and the Ladies protest Master MARMOZET dances as well as the best: Yet some think the Boy would be better at School, But I hear Mrs DANGLECUB's not such a Fool … great Boobies their Manners to mend: She says that her Son will his Fortune advance, By learning so early to fiddle and dance; So she brings him to Bath, which I think is quite right, For they do nothing else here from Morning till Night: …
Beauty
Anthology