 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 310 sider
...' Odious ! in woollen > 1 'Twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. ' No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...frightful when one's dead : And, Betty, give this cheek a*little red.' Well, what's the matter now ? What's amiss with Narcissa, that a satirist must be called... | |
 | Isaac William Stuart - 1853 - 350 sider
...death. " Odious ! in woolen ! t'would a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this check a little red." \Ve have no hope, however, of changing our burial practice, nor shall we assume... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 sider
...Odious 1 in woollen ; 'twould a saint provoke ! (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) — No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...lifeless face; One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead — And— Betty— give this cheek a little red."— Pope. Under the organ-screen —... | |
 | Emily Mayer Higgins - 1854 - 324 sider
...Odious — in woollen ! 'twonld a saint provoke,' (Were the last words that poor Naroissa spoke ;) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels' lace Wrap...: And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.' And now, can you tell me who was that prophet that sent a letter to the husband of ' the good grandmother,'... | |
 | John Booker - 1854 - 268 sider
...provoke,' (Were the last words that poor Karcissa spoke :) ' No, let a charming chintz and Sruuels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face;...dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' " Dryden, too, in the prologue to his tragedy of (Edipus, first published in 1679, the year in which... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 sider
..." Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) :21 No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap...One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — 250 And— Betty— give this cheek a little red." "NOT THAT 1 CANNOT PART WITH THAT !" — AND... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 sider
..." Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) : 21 No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap...lifeless face: One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead— 250 And—Betty—give this cheek a little red." "HOT THAT 1 CANNOT PABT WITH THAT !... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 536 sider
...sword ! Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let- a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap...And — Betty — give this cheek a little red. The example chosen by the poet, extended to appearances after death; for the presence of the same weakness... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 554 sider
...sword ! Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap...dead, And — Betty — give this cheek a little red. » t The example chosen by the poet, extended to appearances after death ; for the presence of the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 sider
...: " Odious! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) : No. let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...dead — And— Betty, give this cheek a little red." Eastward is the sculptural burlesque deservedly known as " the Pancake Monument," to Admiral Tyrrell,... | |
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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... 
