 | William Henry Irving - 1928 - 508 Seiten
...Saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), • (Ed. Warton), III, 207, 1. 246. "No, let a charming Chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face; One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this Cheek a little Red."... | |
 | 1920 - 1002 Seiten
...her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that...Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: One would not, sure, be frightful -when one's dead, — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red."... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...breath, as ebbing life retires, 240 For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, (Were the last words that...lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: 245 One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this Cheek a little... | |
 | William Edward Tate - 1969 - 408 Seiten
...(Nance Oldfield) objected very emphatically to the idea of burial in woollen :31 Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke (Were the last words that...Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this Cheek a little Red. Another... | |
 | 1928 - 980 Seiten
...to pass their lives thus attired, but wished to continue to wear cotton when life was extinct. Let charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face.14 Though the vendors of such smuggled and outlawed fabrics were chary of advertising their wares,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1893 - 684 Seiten
...friend, an ex-actress, Mrs. Saunders, the Betty of Pope's somewhat spiteful lines : ' Odious, in woollen 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that...Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face. One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' The fact... | |
 | 1903 - 248 Seiten
...of the passage in which he illustrates the persistence of a ruling passion : "Odious I in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that...Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And— Betty— give this cheek a little red." Here... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 Seiten
...Pride, Impiety! From An Essay on Man, 1 (1734) D. 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, 242 (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No,...Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead And - Betty - give this Cheek a little Red.' From An... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1894 - 894 Seiten
...the ruling passion strong in death, thus refers to the custom : — " Odious ! in woollen ! 'tvrould a saint provoke, Were the last words that poor Narcissa...Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead : And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." The... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1991 - 552 Seiten
...recalls the concern of a dying actress for the clothes she is to be buried in: "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke," (Were the last words that..."Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: "One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead. . . ." Not all Indian fabric is fancy or decorative.... | |
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twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this... 
