 | 1903 - 248 pages
...Here is a part of the passage in which he illustrates the persistence of a ruling passion : "Odious I in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last...words that poor Narcissa spoke) "No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...Pride, Impiety! From An Essay on Man, 1 (1734) D. 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, 242 (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No, let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: One would not, sure, be frightful... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - Natural history - 1894 - 894 pages
...the ruling passion strong in death, thus refers to the custom : — " Odious ! in woollen ! 'tvrould a saint provoke, Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke : No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 552 pages
...(1733), Alexander Pope recalls the concern of a dying actress for the clothes she is to be buried in: "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke," (Were...words that poor Narcissa spoke) "No, let a charming Chintz and Brussels lace "Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: "One would not, sure, be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 458 pages
...Deuill 40. hett.\ QFf, Rowe, + , Cap. Mai. hell, — Theob. hell? Han. et cet. immortalised by Pope : ' "Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke !" Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke,' etc. — ED.] 38. not for him] LADY MARTIN (p. 306) : Who does not see what a pleasant person Beatrice... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 592 pages
...NARCISSA 90 NATHOS Brussels lace when she was "laid out." (See NANCY.) " Odious ! In woolen T 'T would a saint provoke !" "Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face ; One would not, sure, be frightful... | |
 | Colin Bingham - Social Science - 2006 - 428 pages
...the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary." "Odious! in woollen! 't would a saint provoke" ( Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke); "No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my Itfeless face; One would not, sure, be frightful... | |
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twould a Saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No, let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — «<• And— Betty— give this... 
