 | Great Britain - 1767 - 704 pages
...:— " Yes, madam, a great many, Says Lovel1' — " There was Ch d and Fanny. In that eternal whifper, which begun Ten years ago, and never will be done ; For tho' you know he fees her ev'ry day, . Still he has ever fomething new to fay ; There's nothing upon earth fo hard to... | |
 | John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 328 pages
...Madam, a great many," Says Lovell — " there was Chefterfield and Fanny ; In that eternal whifper which begun Ten years ago, and never will be done : For tho' you know he fees her ev'ry day, Still he has ever fomething new to fay : There's nothing upon earth fo hard to... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1794 - 574 pages
...many people there ?" The Duchess cry'd. — " Yes, Madam, a great many," Says Lovell — " there was Chesterfield and Fanny ; In that eternal whisper which...ev'ry day, Still he has ever something new to say. There's nothing upon earth so hard to me, As keeping up discourse eternally ; He never lets the conversation... | |
 | Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - 1824 - 406 pages
...the Duchess of Manchester's Morning, makes it part of his lordship's conversation : Says Lovel — " There were Chesterfield and Fanny, " In that eternal...begun " Ten years ago, and never will be done ; " For, though you know he sees her every day, " Still he has ever something new to say ; " He never lets the... | |
 | Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - Great Britain - 1824 - 388 pages
...the Duchess of Manchester's Morning, makes it part of his lordship's conversation : Says Level—" There were Chesterfield and Fanny, " In that eternal...begun " Ten years ago, and never will be done; " For, though you know he sees her every day, " Still he has ever something new to say; " He never lets the... | |
 | English periodicals - 1831 - 512 pages
...' Were many people there !* The duchess cried. — ' Yes, madam, a great many," Say* Lovell : — ' There were Chesterfield and Fanny, In that eternal...begun Ten years ago, and never will be done ; For though you know lie sees her every day, Still he has ever something new to say. • Lord Waldegrave... | |
 | 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 - 1845 - 632 pages
...Knight of the Garter. Did the adorable Lady Fanny Shirley, for example — of his devotion to whom, ' In that eternal whisper which begun Ten years ago, and never will be done,' we have hardly any record but in this couplet of Hanbury Williams, and one or two not always decent... | |
 | 1845 - 608 pages
...Knight of the Garter. Did the adorable Lady Fanny Shirley, for example — of his devotion to whom, 'In that eternal whisper which begun Ten years ago, and never will be done,' we have hardly any record but in this couplet of Hanbury Williams, and one or two not always decent... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...Williams, in one of his light satires, alludes to the intimacy between Chesterfield and Fanny, and — " That eternal whisper, which begun Ten years ago, and never will be done." 1740. A FRAGMENT OF A POEM. [This fragment was first published by Warton, who received it from Dr.... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 582 pages
..." Isabella, or the Morning," in which the company at the last Opera is described. " Says Lovel — There were Chesterfield and Fanny " In that eternal...begun ' Ten years ago and never will be done, ' For though, you know, he sees her every day, ' Still he has ever something new to say. ' He never lets... | |
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There were Chesterfield and Fanny, In that eternal whisper which begun Ten years ago, and never will be done; For though you know he sees her every day, Still he has ever something new to say. 
