At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ... - Page 75by Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808Full view - About this book
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 pages
...the call of night, The star of evening sheds his silver light High o'er yon western hill. GAY'S Dione Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. Pore The sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light So wildly, spiritually... | |
| 1873 - 532 pages
...into a unanimous verdict belongs to those forgotten days which Pope reminds us of when he sings : " The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang, that jurymen may dine." There is a fair prospect that some action will be taken during the present session on the Civil Code... | |
| Gouverneur Mather Smith - 1870 - 82 pages
...instances, And so he plays his part." While Pope, to exhibit the injustice of the law, has said : — "The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang, that jurymen may dine." Recall the numerous cold dinners we have taken. How many choice dishes have been consigned to the garbage-box,... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...eyes ; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff or the fan supplies each pause of chat With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining...merchant from the Exchange returns in peace, And the long labors of the toilet cease. 0, thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 544 pages
...eyes ; At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat,* With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots bis burning ray ; ' The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine... | |
| 1871 - 908 pages
...Restoration, making trifles important things, and important things trifles. The often-quoted couplet : — The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang, that jurymen may dine, ushers in Belinda's party at Ombre. I have no intention, of course, to urge this as a moral objection—... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...or the fan, supply each pause of chat, 305 With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Mean while, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely...sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine; 310 The merchant from the Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease. Belinda... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...eyes ; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining...noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; _ 20 The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine ; The merchant... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 pages
...Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Mean while, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely...sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine1; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease. Belinda... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 pages
...flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade. So again, — The merchant from the Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease. And— Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their... | |
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