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" Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 292
by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pages
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! Tin. w run. If the soul had free election To dispose of...affection, 1 would not thus long have borne Haugh excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 3-4

British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grabs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor...not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in'his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness . This who can gratify ? for who can guess...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...Ev'n sueh small erities some regard may elaim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty I in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws,...or grubs, or worms ! The things we know are neither rieh nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry ? I exeus'd them too ; Well...
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The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 3

1826 - 590 pages
...forcibly of a somewhat different use, which one of our best poets has made of the same image : — " Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder, &c. &c." In estimating the merits of printed sermons, there are only two points for consideration,...
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The Poetical Works, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...syllables, E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...But each man's secret standard in his mind. That' casting weight pride and to emptiness, This who can gratify? for who can guess? The bard whom pilfer'd...
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Tacitus. Tr. by A. Murphy, Volume 5

Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 pages
...style, has said, Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, and straws, and dirt, and grubs, and worms; The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. If the authority of another poet may be admitted, Martial has removed the wonder. He tells us, in three...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But...their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This,...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...syllables. E'en such small critics some regard may claim. Preserved in Milton's or ш Shakspeare's name e seen An bright a goddess, and as chaste a queen...too, 'tis sung, of old, Diana stray'd. And Cynthus' 'tit not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That costing-weight pride adds...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to which is Prefixed ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 pages
...in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amher to ohserve the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or gruhs, or worms ! The things we know are neither rich nor...got there. Were. others angry ? I excused them too ; We^might they rage : I gave them hut their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each...
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volume 4

1837 - 516 pages
...moderate thickness, but perfectly covered on both sides. They reminded us forcibly of Pope's simile : Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. We are aware of Mr. Dickinson's inventions, and of his great manufacturing skill and celebrity ; but...
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