| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1868 - 592 páginas
...actress ? Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke, [Were the last words which poor Narcissa spoke,) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...sure be frightful when one's dead : And, Betty, give these cheeks a little red. Mrs. Oldfield, indeed, was an enthusiast about lace ; she brought and treasured... | |
| T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 páginas
..." Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke ! " Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead .' And— Betty — give this cheek a little red." Mrs. Oldfield's contemporary, and rival... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 páginas
...Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...little red." The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined An humble servant to all humankind, Just brought out this, when scarce his tongue could stir,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 páginas
...expires. 'Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke; ' No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...dead—- And— Betty— give this cheek a little red.' 251 The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined An humble servant to all human kind, Just brought... | |
| Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 páginas
...Eager. Admiration. Contempt. Trepidation. Deprecation Grief with sickness. Aversion. Weakness. Expiring. The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An...brought out this, when scarce his tongue could stir; Crril with " If where I'm going 1 could—serve you, sir," weakness. « j g j vl , f an( jj Devise,"... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 366 páginas
...' Odious ! in woollen ? * 'Twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. ' No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...dead: And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.'" Well, what's the matter now ? What's amiss with Narcissa, that a satirist must be called in to hold... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 368 páginas
...' Odious ! in woollen ? * 'Twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. ' No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...dead : And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' " Well, what's the matter now ? What's amiss with Narcissa, that a satirist must be called in to hold... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 364 páginas
...Odious! in woollen?* "Twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. ' No, lot a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs...dead: And, Betty, give this cheek a little red."" Well, what's the matter now ? What's amiss with Narcissa, that a satirist must be called in to hold... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 páginas
...Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa 8 spoke) " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...— And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." 1 An ancient nobleman, who continued this practice long after his legs were disabled by the gout. 2... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 358 páginas
...' Odious ! in woollen ? * 'Twould a saint provoke,' Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. ' No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my...dead : And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' " Well, what's the matter now ? What's amiss with Narcissa, that a satirist must be called in to hold... | |
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