 | 1912 - 666 Seiten
...objected to : — Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke I (Were the last words that poor Xarcissa spoke) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. Pope, ' Moral Essays,' Epist. i. 216-9, Elwin and Courthope'e edit. Swift alludes to colberteen lace... | |
 | 1898 - 712 Seiten
...shrouds or not. The reference to Woollen shrouds calls to mind Pope's linee :— " Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. In 'Much Ado about Nothing' Beatrice says : "I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 Seiten
...thought that Pope has been too severe in the satire of the following 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 least... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...Alas' then bring the jowl."3 Grief with " Odious! In woollen.' 'Twould a saint provoke," Aversion. Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No ; let a charming chintz and Brussels lace, Weakness. Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One neerf not, sure, be «g%, though one's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 Seiten
...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 poor Narcissa spoke ; 1 No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face ; One... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 382 Seiten
...body wrapped up in a winding-sheet." Hence the allusion of the satirist : — " 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."—... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 Seiten
...&c. ; circumstances which Pope has made the most of in his lines — " Odious ! in woollen ! 't would 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'a dead ! And — Betty — give this check a little red." This... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 Seiten
...winding-sheet." Hence the allusion of the •atirist : — " Odious I in woollen ; 'twould a saint provoke I (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) —...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."—... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1851 - 592 Seiten
...master hand:— "' Odious! in woollen! 'twould a paint provoke!' Were the last words that poor Narcipsa spoke. • No! let a charming chintz and brussels...Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One need not, sure, be frightful, though one's dead; And, Betty, give my cheek a little red.'" The poor,... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1851 - 444 Seiten
...dress! To this eccentricity Pope alludes when addressing Narcissa,— " ' Odious! in woollens,—'twould a saint provoke!' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke: ' No; let a charming chintz and Brussels lac« Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face.' " ESSAY I., 1. 245. " Flavia," says Steele,... | |
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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... 
