 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. " antaliz'd in state, And complaisantly help'd to all...ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor arc cloth'il, The courtier smooth, who forty years had sliin'd An humble servant to all human-kind, [stir, Just brought... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 páginas
...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...dead—- And — Betty— -give this cheek a little red." The courtier smooth, who forty years had fthin'd An humble servant to all human-kind, [stir, Just brought... | |
 | 1821 - 772 páginas
...intended, to dull the edsxe of anguish. It is the habit of the mind, powerful in pain and death : " One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead, And, Betty, give this cheek a little red." The actual pain and misery, which grief and misfortunes inflict are, after all, probably overrated.... | |
 | 1821 - 770 páginas
...mercifully intended, to dull the edge of anguish. It is the habit of the mind, powerful in pain and death: "One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead, And, Betty, give this cheek a little red." The actual pain and misery, which grief and misfortunes inflict, are, after all, probably overrated.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 páginas
...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...One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And—Betty—give this cheek a little red.' The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined An humble... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 páginas
...expires.] He repeated these four lines to Mr. J. Richardson many years before they were here inserted. No, let a charming- Chintz and Brussels lace Wrap...— And — Betty— give this Cheek a little Red," 251 The Courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all human kind, Just brought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 páginas
...Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 245 ,j " Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), NOTES. Ver. 241. then bring the jowl.] It is remarkable that a similar story may be found in the eighth... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 páginas
...end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 245 " Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), NOTES. Ver. 241. then bring the jowl.] It is remarkable that a similar story may be found in the eighth... | |
 | Walter Traill - 1823 - 92 páginas
...rather gloomy, death will be gay and flowery. They will be buried like princes. " Odious! in flannel! 'twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke; " Let charming Chintz and Brussels lace, Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face; And since one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 430 páginas
...Narcissa spoke ;] This story, as well as the others, is founded on fact, though the author had the " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— 250 And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd... | |
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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... 
