...death scene of a woman, whose ruling passion had always been dress. " Odious ! in woolen ! — "t would a saint provoke " — Were the last words that poor...No; let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace, " Wrap these cold limbs, and shade this lifeless face ; " One need not sure be ugly, tho" one 'B dead —...

...imperial dignity, to be strangled with a knot of silk, or to be assassinated with a golden sword ! Odious! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke, (Were...dead, And — Betty — give this cheek a little red. The thoughts of vanity, in the example chosen by the poet, extended to appearances after death ; vanity...

...end ; Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 245 ' Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke !' Were...lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead : 250 And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.' that he conceived dancing to be...

...taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. ' ": *k* *k* )k* deadAnd — Betty — give this cheek a little red.' 25 The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined...

...taper's end,. Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires. . For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 'Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke,' Were...chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade ray tifel«ss face r One would not, sure, be frightful wfien one's dead — And— Betty— give this...

...and he concluded by asserting that those lines of Pope on Narcissa were by no means a caricature. " Odious in woollen, 'twould a saint provoke, Were the...limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One would not sure look frightful when one's dead — And Betty, give this cheek a little red." With this sally the Doctor...

...and he concluded by asserting that those lines of Pope on Narcissa were by no means a caricature. " Odious in woollen, 'twould a saint provoke, Were the...Narcissa spoke. No! let a charming chintz, and Brussels lice Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. One would not sure look frightful when one's dead—...

...travelling, in ships, armies, shops, villages, or cities, still this self-identity, this continuous * " Odious! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke !" Were...words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No: let a charming chints and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lireless face. One need not, sure, be frightful,...

...attacks Mrs. Oldtield ybwr times alive and dead ? ' We know the character of Narcissa, with ' One need not sure be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red,' has been applied to Mrs. Oldtield ; but surely that anonymous allusion, even if meant for Mrs. Oldtield,...

...'twould a saint provoke !" Were Ihe last words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No : let a charming chints and Brussels lace 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." " I give...