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" Her lips were red. and one was thin, Compared with that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly. "
Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs ... - Page 261
by Leigh Hunt - 1847
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 10

1825 - 620 pages
...JUbum's England, Book via. Chap. 41. Sir John Suckling, in his taste of an under lip, is not easily to be surpassed. " Her lips were red, and one was...that of the cheeks, and a good-tempered sufficiency and plumpness, are the indispensable requisites of a good mouth. Chaucer, a great judge, is vesy peremptory...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 10

1825 - 648 pages
....Illiian'.-; England, Book viii. Chap. 41. Sir John Suckling, in his taste of an under lip, is not easily to be surpassed. " Her lips were red, and one was...only comparatively thin. Thin lips become none but shre ws or niggards. A rosiness beyond that of the cheeks, and a good-tempered sufficiency and plumpness,...
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The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée, Volume 2

1833 - 388 pages
...feared the light. But oh ! she dances such a way ' No sun npon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight. Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared with...that was next her chin. Some bee had stung it newly. We are not to think the possessor of this lip could not talk as fine sense, or listen to it, as any...
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Leigh Hunt's London Journal, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...beautiful pair of lips, which, though perfectly original, is in the highest Anacreontic taste : — Her lips were red, and one was thin. Compared with...that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly. Beauty, the country, a picture, the taste and scent of honey, are all in that passage. And yet Anacreon,...
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The Monthly Chronicle, Volume 6

1840 - 588 pages
...irAoKeira. Poets very often, in seeking images to beautify, do but spoil the effect Thus Suckling : — " Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared with...that was next her chin. Some bee had stung it newly" Now, here, to produce the look of a full pouting lip, he has recourse to a painful and certainly unpleasant...
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Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 7

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...Albion's England, Book viil. Cha]I. Sir John Suckling, in his taste of an under lip, is not easily to I.. surpassed. " Her lips were red, and one was thin Compared...upper lip, observe, was only comparatively thin. Thin hibecome none but shrews or niggards. A rosiness beyond that . • " Peut-on s'ennuyer en des lieux...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...beauty, on earth. This is imagination fairly displacing fancy. The following has enchanted everybody:— Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared with...that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly. Every reader has stolen a kiss at that lip, gay or grave. With regard to the principle of Variety in...
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Imagination and fancy; or Selections from the English poets, with critical ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...beauty, on earth. This is imagination fairly displacing fancy. The following has enchanted every body:— Her lips were red, and one was thin Compared with...that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly. Every reader has stolen a kiss at that lip, gay or grave. With regard to the principle of Variety in...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pages
...beauty, on earth. This is imagination fairly displacing fancy. The following has enchanted everybody:— Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared with...that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly. Every reader has stolen a kiss at that lip, gay or grave. With regard to the principle of Variety in...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...beauty, on earth. This is imagination fairly displacing fancy. The following has enchanted everybody:— Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared with...that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly. Every reader has stolen a kiss at that lip, gay or grave. With regard to the principle of Variety in...
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