| Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 320 Seiten
...But we must move on. Next, then, let us come to the case of Narcissa : — ' Odious ! in woollen 1 7 '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.' Well, what's... | |
| John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 Seiten
...body wrapped up in a winding-sheet." Hence the allusion of the satirist : — " Odious 1 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."—... | |
| Isaac William Stuart - 1853 - 350 Seiten
...the poet designs it to be, the expression of a ruling passion strong in death. " Odious ! in woolen ! t'would 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 check a little red." \Ve have... | |
| Isaac William Stuart - 1853 - 344 Seiten
...it to be, the expression of a ruling passion strong in dentil. " Odious ! In woolen ! t'would a mint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.)...charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shnde my lifeless face ! Chie woitltl not, stire, bf frightful whfn one's deatl— And, Betty, give... | |
| Charles Manby Smith - 1853 - 402 Seiten
...odious in woollen 'twould a saint provoke close were the last words that poor narcissa spoke turns no let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face one need not sure be frightful though one's dead and Betty." (Here the reader dips his pen in the ink,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 312 Seiten
...1 Odious! in woollen?'1 'T would 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 would not sure be frightful when one's dead : And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' Well, what's... | |
| R. W. Vanderkiste - 1854 - 350 Seiten
...gloves, etc.—circumstances which Pope has made the most of in his lines :— "' Odious! in woollen, 'twould a saint provoke,' (Were the last words that...lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face N2 before destruction, and an naughty spirit before a fall," Prov. xvi. 18. B— B very soon became... | |
| Emily Mayer Higgins - 1854 - 324 Seiten
...death :' " ' Odious — in woollen ! 'twonld a saint provoke,' (Were the last words that poor Naroissa 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 cheek a little red.' And... | |
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