 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.  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Página 416de Jonathan Swift - 1801Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 páginas
...syllables, Ev'n such small Critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Miltoifs or in Shakupearfi name3. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms4 I 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 páginas
...syllables, Even such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakespeare's are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; When the goodraan gruí», or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got... | |
 | 1874 - 870 páginas
...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 are... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...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. Means... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 páginas
...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 are... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 páginas
...IV. 31 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 to... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1875 - 852 páginas
...rare exceptions," we may apply to then) the description Pope gives of refuse preserved iu amber : — 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/" 1875.] A LEGEND... | |
 | 1877 - 362 páginas
...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 Arbuthnot,... | |
 | 1878 - 446 páginas
...that lives on 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...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 angry:... | |
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