"Paphian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... 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 pretence, he ...
— The Tales and Novels, Complete • Jean de La Fontaine |
