 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1848 - 668 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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...lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead—- And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.' " 349. Having thus adverted to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pagine
...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.... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1849 - 256 pagine
...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...lifeless face : One 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,... | |
 | 1912 - 666 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1898 - 712 pagine
...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... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 pagine
...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...lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.''' The least observation of the world will... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pagine
...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... | |
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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... 
