 Neptune had produced, he observed that his blows might have been surer if his eyes had been placed near his horns. Venus herself was exposed to his satire ; and when the sneering god had found no fault in the body of the naked goddess, he observed, as...  The Englishman: A Novel : in Six Volumes - Pàgina 213per Medora Gordon Byron - 1812Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Lemprière - 1820 - 892 pàgines
...to his satire; and when the sneering god had found no fault in tlie body of tlie naked goddess, be observed as she retired, that the noise of her feet...loud, and greatly improper in the goddess of beauty. These illiberal reflections upon the gods were the cause that Momus was driven from heaven. •He is... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1823 - 892 pàgines
...herself was exposed to his satire ; and when the sneering god had found no fault in the body of the naked goddess, he observed as she retired, that the noise...loud, and greatly improper in the goddess of beauty. These illiberal reflections upon the gods were the cause that Momus was driven from henvcn. He is generally... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - 1849 - 516 pàgines
...Venus herself was exposed to his satire ; and when the sneering god could find no fault in the figure of the goddess, he observed as she retired, that the noise of her feet was too loud, and very improper in the goddess of beauty. For these illiberal reflections upon the gods, he was driven... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - 1864 - 356 pàgines
...Venus herself was exposed to his satire ; and when the sneering god could find no fault in the figure of the goddess, he observed as she retired, that the noise of her feet was too loud, and very improper in the goddess of beauty. For these illiberal reflections upon the gods, he was driven... | |
 | Sir Edward Sullivan - 1894 - 132 pàgines
...will tell us—the jester of Olympus, who being unable to find any fault in the body of the goddess, observed, as she retired, that the noise of her feet was too loud for the goddess of Beauty, implying that she trod a little heavy, and that insect life and the azured... | |
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