 | 1840 - 372 pages
...syllables, Ev'n 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...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. r Were others angry ? I excused them top ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in чтЬег to observe the forms Of hairs, „r }4 8 6e5p0 excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...Prescrv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in imber to observe the forms Of hairs, ,,r e him pipes, And timbrels, on each side went armed...behind Arrhers, and slingers, cataphracts and spear excus'd them too ; Veil might they rnge, I gave them hut their due. A man's true merit 'lis not hurd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in nmber to observe the forms Of hairs, «r straws, or dirt, or gruhs, aOyb l@ cxcus'd them loo ; Veil might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'lis not hard... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 316 pages
...his intention to visit the apartments of Mademoiselle Schulenburg. CHAPTER VII. THE HEIR IN AMBER. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. POPE. WE must now beg the reader to follow us from the King of England's cabinet, to the dressing-room... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 978 pages
...his intention to visit the apartments of Mademoiselle Schulenburg. CHAPTER VII. THE HEIR IN AMBER. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. FOFE. WE must now beg the reader to follow us from the King of England's cabinet, to the dressing-room... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...amongst our first critics. Of this work a sixth edition, with additions, was printed in 1738, 8vo. Were others angry : I excused them too ; Well might...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,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, . r straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things wo r Juno's, that so long Perplex'd the Greek, and Cytherea's excus'd them too ; Veil might they rage, Igave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1853 - 126 pages
...been its history, affords an excellent illustration of Pope's well known and often quoted lines, — " Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there." 223. HEBREW BETROTHAL RING. Gold. The face represents a square temple or building within a colonnade... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 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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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. 
