 The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still strives to save the hallow'd 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...  Once a Week - Page 128edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 pages
...Mercy ! ' cries Helluo, ' mercy on my soul ! Is there no hope ? — Alas ! — Then bring the jowl.' * The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still...retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires.' left by coaches and carts. To keep as far as possible from the carriage, road was therefore the wish... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 608 pages
...Mercy ! ' cries Helluo, ' mercy on my soul ! Is there no hope ? — Alas ! — Then bring the jowl." * The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still...life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires.3 s« left by coaches and carts. To keep as far as possible from the carriage, road was therefore... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 pages
...! ' cries Helluo, ' mercy on my soul ! MO Is there no hope ?— Alas ! — Then bring the jowl.' * The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend Still tries to save the hallow'd taper's end; j Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires.1 MS loft... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...late : "Mercy!" cries Helluo, "mercy on my soul; Is there no hope? — Alas! — then bring the jowl." The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still...retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Naroissa spoke ;) "No,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
..."Mercy!" cries Helluo, "mercy on my soul!" 240 "Is there no hope? — Alas! — then bring the jowl1." The frugal Crone, whom praying priests attend, Still...life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires3. 245 "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
..."Mercy!" cries Helluo, "mercy on my soul!" 240 "Is there no hope? — Alas! — then bring the jowl*." The frugal Crone, whom praying priests attend, Still...life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires3. 245 "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1896 - 136 pages
...his own son, that passes by unbless'd. The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still strives to save the hallow'd taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, 230 For one puff more, and in that puff expires. ' Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke,'... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1902 - 508 pages
...McJones Aberdeen. 37O A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY THE RULING PASSION FROM " MORAL ESSAYS," EPISTLE L The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still tries to save the hallowed taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1902 - 516 pages
...Especially Ellen McJones Aberdeen. William S. Gilbert THE RULING PASSION FROM " MORAL ESSAYS," EPISTLE I. The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still tries to save the hallowed taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 660 pages
...Moral Essays: Ep? tle'l. Part iii. :— " The frugal crone, whom praying priests attend, Still strives to save the hallow'd taper's end, Collects her breath,...retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires." Old Mortality, ch. xxxix. (Ruskin quotes the passage in Fiction, Fair and foul, § 10) ; and for the... | |
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