...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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....

...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...

...buried in sable shrouds or not. The reference to Woollen shrouds calls to mind Pope's linee :— " Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. In 'Much Ado about Nothing' Beatrice says : "I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face...

...the like ? It is thought that Pope has been too severe in the satire of the following lines :— " ' Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke,' (Were...dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.''' The least observation of the world will show that this absorbing passion has its votaries in every...

...Alas' then bring the jowl."3 Grief with " Odious! In woollen.' 'Twould a saint provoke," Aversion. Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No ; let a charming chintz and Brussels lace, Weakness. Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One neerf not, sure, be «g%, though one's...