17 .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A tine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume .io .

Line 251 .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume Ibid .Line 283 .

Ironically , finically or affectedly elegant ; aiming too much at show or effect ; stilted ; ridiculously ornate .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman that ' s all perfume .Co ^ uper .

44 .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman that ' s all perfume .And ever since then , when the clock strikes two , She walks unbidden from room to room , And the air is filled that she passes through With a subtle , sad perfume .

44 .< / poem > < poem > I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman that ' s all perfume .< poem > And ever since then , when the clock strikes two , She walks unbidden from room to room , And the air is filled that she passes through With a subtle , sad perfume .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please , Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees .; CONVERSATION .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please .Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees CONVERSATION .

Seymour may serve as an answer to a plausible ob - 16 THE FASCINATOR ; We cannot always choose our pleasures or our pains ; smoky chimneys come unasked , and so do smoky visitors .It was our lot lately to receive one whose presence reminded of the couplet â   â   I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman thatâ   s all perfume .â   But oh ! â   twas worse than civet .

138 CONVERSATION .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough â   no need to smell a beau â   Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show .283 His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees ; But we that make no honey , though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please , Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees ; CONVERSATION .227 Time killed by graver Coxcombs .

I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman that ' s all perfume .And ever since then , when the clock strikes two , She walks unbidden from room to room , And the air is filled that she passes through With a subtle , sad perfume .The delicate odor of mignonette , The ghost of a dead and gone bouquet , Is all that tells of her story — yet Could she think of a sweeter way ? Bret Harte — Newport Legend .

< / poem > < poem > I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman that ' s all perfume .< poem > And ever since then , when the clock strikes two , She walks unbidden from room to room , And the air is filled that she passes through With a subtle , sad perfume .The delicate odor of mignonette , The ghost of a dead and gone bouquet , Is all that tells of her story — yet Could she think of a sweeter way ? Bret Harte — Newport Legend .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees ; 169 CONVERSATION .But we that make no honey , though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .

280 I interrupt him with a sudden boAV , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a rareeshow ? His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a sAvarm of bees ; 234 CONVERSATION .But Ave that make no honey , though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman , that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough â   no need to smell a beau â   Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees ; CONVEESATION .169 But we that make no honey , though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .

It is used by per - 204 CIVET AND CASTOR fumers for blending , who say it would be difficult to imitate some flowers without it .The essence was often used by men of fashion in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , and the practice is alluded to by Cowper in the followÂ ¬ ing lines : I cannot talk with civet in the room , A line puss gentleman thatâ   s all perfume ; The sightâ   s enough , no need to smell a beau Who thrusts his nose into a raree show .Castor , another animal secretion used in perÂ ¬ fumery , is chiefly employed as a fixative .

I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough â   no need to smell a beau â   Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show .283 His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees ; But we that make no honey , though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .; Tis wrong to bring into a mix ' d resort , What makes some sick , and others d - la - mort , An argument of cogence , we may say , Why such a one should keep himself away .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please , Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees , But we that make no honey though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to mawl the thing .' Tis wrong to bring into a mixt resort , What makes some sick , and others a - la - mort , An argument of cogence , we may say , Why such an one should keep himself away .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough , — no need to smell a beau , — Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees , But we that make no honey though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .' Tis wrong to bring into a mixed resort , What makes some sick , and others a - la - mort , An argument of cogence , we may say , Why , such a one should keep himself away .

I interrupt him with a sudden bow , Adieu , dear Sir ! lest you should lose it now .I cannot talk with civet in the room , A fine puss - gentleman that ' s all perfume ; The sight ' s enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a raree - show ? His odoriferous attempts to please Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees ; But we that make no honey , though we sting , Poets , are sometimes apt to maul the thing .' Tis wrong to bring into a mix ' d resort What makes some sick , and others d - la - mort ; An argument of cogence we may say , Why such a one should keep himself away .