 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pagina’s
...Line 91. As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Line 127. 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. Line 169.... | |
 | 1874 - 870 pagina’s
...refers to this substance, which is one of the most ancient of ornaments, in the following lines : — 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. Rings, which... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 pagina’s
...this substance, which is one of the most ancient of ornaments, in the following lines: — ' Pretty 1 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." Rings, which... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pagina’s
...and 59). Ev'n email critics some rcgnrd may claim, Presenr'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. 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. As cognate... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pagina’s
...Translation. I saw a flic within a beade i Of amber cleanly buried. Herrick, On a Fly buried in Amoer. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! Pope, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Line 169. My Lord St. Albans said that nature did never put her precious... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pagina’s
...but what this RIRAND bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. E. WALLER, On a Girdle. Rich — 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. POPE, To... | |
 | 1878 - 446 pagina’s
...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 straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1878 - 66 pagina’s
...ornaments made of Bermudas' products ; and exclaim, in substance, as in later years the poet Pope : " Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or worms." Chapman, the dramatist, wrote a piece which was played by members of Lincoln's Inn, and the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 pagina’s
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. 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. Were others... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pagina’s
...yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Epistle to Dr. Arbutfmot, line 128. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! Ib. 1 70. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to... | |
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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. 
