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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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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...syllables, E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...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 ? The bard whom pilfered...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c ..., Volume 5

1856 - 506 pages
...means, why this is here rather than that; yet we recognise the details as excerpts from nature — " Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...rare, But wonder how the devil they got there."• In nature there is always something which we cannot explain. .In all characters there is some inconsistency,...
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The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William Maginn

William Maginn - 1856 - 372 pages
...Pope's, it must make part of every edition of his works ; for, as some of his happiest lines tell us : " Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there." But it was once esteemed quite as rich and rare as the amber in which it is now preserved, and nothing...
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Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Dr. Maginn, Volume 3

William Maginn - 1856 - 374 pages
...Pope's, it must make part of every edition of his works ; for, as some of his happiest lines tell us : " Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are ncither rich nor rare. Bat wonder how the devil they got there." But it was once esteemed quite as...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty I in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws,...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I 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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...syllables, Even 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...we know, are neither rich nor rare But wonder how they POSSIBLY got there. Were others angry, I excused them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them...
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...E'en such small critics some regard may claim. Preserved in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Prerty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws,...worms ! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, Cut wonder how the devil they g< t there. Were others angry '? I excused them tno ; Well might they...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...syllables, E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I 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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Gentle Skeptic: Or, Essays and Conversations of a Country Justice on the ...

Jonathan BIRD - 1863 - 384 pages
...possess a deeper interest, and we may apply to them the graceful and appreciative lines of Pope : ' Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...are neither rich nor rare, But — wonder how the mischief they got there ! ' hill called Hanson's Mountain (so the village landlord named it) rears...
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Works: Popular geology

Hugh Miller - 1865 - 446 pages
...suggestive of a very different poetry from that which Pope elaborated from them in his well-known simile: " Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the mischief they got there! " Fossil insects occur in both the Secondary and Palseozoic divisions, but...
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