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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 poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill - Page 131
by John Bell - 1807
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Arnold's Magazine of the Fine Arts: And Journal of Literature and ..., Volume 4

1832 - 384 pages
...obtruded on the spectator, on the most solemn occasions, as the principal objects in the piece 1 ! ! ** The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there !" With all these defects, such are the powers displayed in their works, that many of those of a confessedly...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 382 pages
...Shakespeare's name. 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...their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting weight pride adds to emptiness, This who...
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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...how the devil they got there. Were others angry, I excused 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 A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...Shakspeare's name 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...how the devil they got there. Were others angry ? I excused them too ; Well might they rage : I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tit not hard...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 9

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 386 pages
...Lepidus" of this poetical triumvirate. I am only surprised to see him in such good company. " Such things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil he came there,*' The trio are well defined in the sixth proposition of Euclid : " Because, in the triangles...
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volume 4

1837 - 516 pages
...Pope's simile : 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. We are aware of Mr. Dickinson's inventions, and of his great manufacturing skill and celebrity ; but...
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Miscellanies: Hours of Idleness. English bards and Scotch reviewers. Hints ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 336 pages
...Lepidus " of this poetical triumvirate. I am only surprised to see him in such goodT company. " Such things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil he came there." The trio are well defined in the sixth proposition of Euclid: " Because, in the triangles...
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Memoir of the Life and Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, D.D.: Pastor of the ...

Alden Bradford - 1838 - 504 pages
...New-England : I could not help calling to mind a couplet of Pope's, if you will excuse my quoting it — ' The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare — But wonder how the d — 1 they got there.' ' It is no small mortification to me, to find what a mean opinion gentleman...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forme Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! / excused them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 20

1839 - 798 pages
...Pretty ! in limber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The tilings, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there." Dut it was once esteemed quite as rich and rare as the amber in which it is now preserved, and nothing...
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