Charles Hanbury Williams

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB (8 December 1708 – 2 November 1759) was a Welsh diplomat, writer and satirist. He was a Member of Parliament from 1734 until his death.

Quotes

• Dear Betty, come give me sweet kisses,
    For sweeter no girl ever gave:
  But why, in the midst of our blisses,
    Do you ask me how many I’d have?
  I’m not to be stinted in pleasure;
    Then, prithee, dear Betty, be kind,
  For, as I love thee beyond measure,
    To numbers I’ll not be confin’d.
  • "A Ballad in Imitation of Martial, Lib. 6, Ep. 34. On Lady Ilchester asking Lord Ilchester how many Kisses he would have" (Written at Redlynch, August 1740), in Works (1822), vol. 1, p. 111. Cf. Catullus, 5 and 7
  • Variants: The Vocal Companion: or, Songster's Delight (1759), p. 3; The Apollo: or, The Muses Choice (1759), p. 32 — "Chloe", "my blisses", &c.

• A little vain we both may be,
    Since scarce another house can show,
  A poet, that can sing like me;
    A beauty, that can charm like you.
  • "An Ode on Miss Harriet Hanbury, at Six Years Old", st. 6, in Odes (1775), p. 23