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 cheek a... The Literary Journal - Seite 3031821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1866 - 328 Seiten
...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." The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all humankind, Just brought out this,... | |
| 1869 - 786 Seiten
...: ' 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.' " a young Irish government clerk, named Wilks, took Betadvice and accepted an engagement of fifteen... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 328 Seiten
...moments merely thinks of her personal appearance, and gasps out that— " One would not, sure, look frightful when one's dead ; And, Betty ! give this cheek a little red." This same old lady was beautifully dressed as she lay a corpse, and was buried in point lace. How the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 Seiten
...Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke* ere the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;) (We * One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead—...And— Betty— give this cheek a little red." The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined Aa homble servant to all human kind, • . Just brought... | |
| John Timbs - 1868 - 896 Seiten
...spoke) : No, let a charming chintz and Brussels laco Wrap my cold limns and shade my lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty, give this cheek a little red." Eastward is the sculptural burlesque deservedly known as "the Pancake Monument," to Admiral Tyrrell,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 Seiten
...spoke)4 "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»." The Courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all human kind, Just brought out this,... | |
| William Caswell Jones - 1897 - 368 Seiten
...a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my c6ld limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One would n6t, sure, be frightful when one's dead ; And, Betty, give this cheek a little red." " I give and I devise, " 6ld Euclio said And sighed, "my lands and tenements t6 Ned." " Your monfiy,... | |
| Edward Robins - 1898 - 326 Seiten
...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.' "* These ante-mortem directions had no further reality than the imagination of the poet ; but it is... | |
| William John Hardy - 1901 - 434 Seiten
...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. After 1795 no more certificates were exacted in Gilston, but the Act was not repealed till 1814. The... | |
| Henry Barton Baker - 1899 - 534 Seiten
...spoke) ; No, let a chintz and charming 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. than George, Prince of Wales, who is living with his widowed mother at Leicester House close by. The... | |
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