...Universal Passion ? " Odious in \wollens, 'twould a saint provoke, (Were tile last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace,...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...

...expires. " Odious ! in woollen ! '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 : <* 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...

...lines :— " ' Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke,' (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke). ' No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels...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 rank...

...expires. 'Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ; 1 No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...— And— Betty — give this cheek a little red.' 251 The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined An humble servant to all human kind, Just brought...

...indulge his appetite (so indeed Till every habitual offender in every Kind) in spite of all coutenuences. The courtier smooth, -who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all human hind, Just brought out this, when scarce his tongue could stir; Civil with "If where I'm going...

...Odious ! in woollen ! 't would a saint provoke ! (Were tlio last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) Ko, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold...! And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." This was, perhaps, a fair mark : but, generally speaking, we could imagine no more startling commentary...

...lines — " Odious ! in woollen ! 't would a saint provoke ! (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace...lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one'a dead ! And — Betty — give this check a little red." This was, perhaps, a fair mark : but,...

...satirist : — " Odious ! in woollen ; 'twould a saint provoke ! (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) — No, let a charming chintz and Brussels...lifeless face; One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead — • And— Betty— give this cheek a little red."— Ape. Under the organ-screen —...

...master hand:— "' Odious! in woollen! 'twould a paint provoke!' Were the last words that poor Narcipsa spoke. • No! let a charming chintz and brussels...Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One need not, sure, be frightful, though one's dead; And, Betty, give my cheek a little red.'" The poor,...