"Paphian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... truly, some suspicions had, That he was loved, though neither fool nor mad; Nor such a novice in the Paphian scene, But what he could at once some notions glean: More certain tokens, howsoe'er, to get, And set the lady's feelings on the fret, By trying if the gloom that o'er her reigned Was only sly ...
— The Tales and Novels, Complete • Jean de La Fontaine
... has such freshness as suggests a draught new-drawn from Paphian wells. It is, in fact, a vivacious little comedy, agreeably diversified with threatenings of tragedy, and radiant with humour ...
— A Dozen Ways Of Love • Lily Dougall |
