...provoke 1 (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spuke) — No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lacu Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead — And— Betty— give this cheek a little red."— Pope. Under the organ-screen —...

...puff expires. "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke; " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace...little red." The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined An humblo servant to all humankind. Just brought out this, when scarce his tongue could stir,...

...puff 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: 245 One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this Cheek a little...

...Cibber's best works, as he did in the merciless lines upon Narcissa, ending ' One would not, sure, he frightful when one's dead ; And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' In Peg Woffington a worthy successor was found for Mrs. Oldfield in many of her best parts. Like her,...

...in woollen :31 Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No, let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace...— And — Betty — give this Cheek a little Red. Another topic connected with burial is that of mortuaries. The feudal rule was that, upon the decease...

...to pass their lives thus attired, but wished to continue to wear cotton when life was extinct. Let charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face.14 Though the vendors of such smuggled and outlawed fabrics were chary of advertising their wares,...

...spiteful lines : ' Odious, in woollen 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke,) No ; let a charming chintz and Brussels lace...— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' The fact is that Mrs. Oldfield piqued herself on her taste in dress, and thus attired she was laid in state...

...ruling passion : "Odious I in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) "No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace...— And— Betty— give this cheek a little red." Here again from the essay on the characters of women, is a sketch of what many take to be a type known...

...situation : 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, 242 (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No, let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace...dead And - Betty - give this Cheek a little Red.' There is a grim, black humour in Narcissa's use of the slang word frightful in the context of her own...

...custom : — " Odious ! in woollen ! 'tvrould a saint provoke, Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke : No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace...And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." The mistress was the celebrated Mrs. Oldfield; the maid, Mrs. Saunders, her friend, also a clever actress....