 | 1848 - 596 pages
...then, let us come to the case of Narcissa : — " Odious ! in woollen? * 'T would a saint provoke,1' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No,...dead : And, Betty, give this cheek a little red." Well, what's the matter now ? What's amiss with Narcissa, that a satirist must be called in to hold... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...taper's end. Collecis her hreath, as ehhing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 'Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," Were...let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limhs, and shade my lifeless face; One would not, sure, he frightful when one's dead — And— Belty—... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1848 - 668 pages
...colored rihhons." Who can forget Pope's lines in the Universal Passion ? " Odions in woollens, 't wonld a saint provoke. (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming chintz, and Brnssels lace, Wrap my cold limhs, and shade my lifeless face : One wonld not, snre, he frightfnl when... | |
 | 1848 - 602 pages
...Narcissa : — " Odious I in mmUcn ? • Twonld a saint provoke." Were the last words that poorNaicissa spoke. " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifclero face ; One would not sure be frightful wuen one's dead : And, Betty, give this cheek a little... | |
 | 1848 - 626 pages
...imperfectly explained as this ? But we must move on. Next, then, let us come to the case of Narcissa : — " Odious! in woollen?* "Twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. * This refers to the Act of Parliament for burying corpses in woollen, which greatly disturbed the... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1849 - 190 pages
...renew the tumults and the toils of the day." 348. Pope thus again alludes to the ruling passion : — "'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," Were...dead—- And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.' " 349. Having thus adverted to the ruling passion in the merchant, the warrior, and the fine lady,... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1849 - 342 pages
...forget Pope's lines in the Universal Passion ? " Odious in woollens, 'twould a saint provoke, (Were tile last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming...dead, And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." Said to be actually true of Mrs. Oldfield, the celebrated actress. Labruyere has nicely hit off the... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1849 - 256 pages
...forget Pope's lines in the Universal Passion ? " Odious in \wollens, 'twould a saint provoke, (Were tile last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming...would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead, And — Betty^give this cheek a little red." Said to be actually true of Mrs. Oldfield, the celebrated... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. " Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were...lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : <* An ancient nobleman, who continued this practice long after his legs were disabled by the gout.... | |
 | 1912 - 666 pages
...objected to : — Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke I (Were the last words that poor Xarcissa spoke) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. Pope, ' Moral Essays,' Epist. i. 216-9, Elwin and Courthope'e edit. Swift alludes to colberteen lace... | |
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twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this... 
