 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...may claim, Preserv'd in Mil,on's or in Shale/pear's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms 169 Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms !...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...syllables. Yet e'en this creature may some notice claim, Wrapt round and sanctified with Shakespeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry ?... | |
 | 1816 - 816 pages
...tax'd, and beaten, is the «/««/. Cra«v. 4. A kind of expletive, cxpr.fl-.ng wonder or vexati°nThe things, we know, are neither rich nor rare; But wonder how the devil they got theie . .1 'of. ,. A kind of ludicrous negative in an adveibial fenfeThe devil was well, the Avil a... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 400 pages
...reading. There are, however, some imitations by Pope, which appear worth preserving. PROLOGUE TO SAT. Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they came there. MARTIAL. VI. 15. Dura Phaetqntea. formica vagatur in umhrfi Implicuit tenuem succina gutta... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 400 pages
...There are, however, some imitations by Pope, which appear worth preserviag. PROLOGUE TO SAT. Pretty hi amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or...neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they came the/e. MARTIAL. VI. 15. T'Hun Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbr£ Implicuit tenuem succina gutta... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amher to ohserve the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or gruhs, or worms ! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they gut there. The hard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who torns a Persian tale for half a erown ; Just... | |
 | 1819 - 266 pages
...cannot help regarding these coroneted insects, like the worms embalmed in amber, described by Pope : " The things we know, are neither rich nor rare, * But wonder how the devil they got thete."' And when we see others of our nobility sneaking about under armorial degradation, from town... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...claim, Preserr'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of bain, and taught to mow, Time draws the long destructive...whose quick decay Comes hurrying on before his day, Were others angry : I cxcus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...syllables, E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Sbakspeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry: I excused them too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
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Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. 
