...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...

...buried in sable 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...

...the like ? It is thought that Pope has been too severe in the satire of the following lines :— " ' Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke,' (Were...lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.''' The least observation of the world will...

...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...

...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 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...

...&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...lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one'a dead ! And — Betty — give this check a little red." This was, perhaps, a fair mark : but,...

...Odious ! in woollen ! 't would a saint provoke ! (Were tlio last words that poor Narcissa spoke.) Ko, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold...lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead ! And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." This was, perhaps, a fair mark : but,...

...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,...

...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,...

...strong in death " is drawn in another picture, equally true and graphic, by the same master hand : — "'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke!' Were the last words that poor Narcipsa spoke. ' No ! let a. charming chintz and brussels lace Wrap my oold limbs, and shade my lifeless...