Maria Beadnell. they met in 1830
Basically to charge something at a price that people wouldn't pay in their right mind. (Excessive charge).
We are presented with a libertine speaker talking of many lovers. He suggests that, though he has spoken about the pain of love, it is only ‘Love’s pleasures’ that he cares about. As such, he has ‘betrayed’ ‘a thousand beauties’. He claims to have been a callous and deceiving lover, telling ‘the fair’ about the ‘wounds and smart’ they long to hear of, then ‘laughing’ and leaving. The poem is written in three elegant septets. Notice the iambic tetrameter and consider how important form might be to the theme of this particular kind of love and betrayal.
This speaker may not be entirely honest. The final stanza begins with ‘Alone’. Is there any sense of regret here? The speaker claims to be ‘Without the hell’ of love, yet in the same line we find reference to the ‘heaven of joy’. He may even also sacrificed his joy with his promiscuous love.
Explanation:
He alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely
"He's so unreliable!" she said crossly.
Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
The magazine was read quite widely even by some of the hierarchy"
I gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion
With the rapture of great winds to blow
