 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 cheek a...  The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mun to Pay - Page 711911Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Henry White - Europe - 1845 - 474 pages
...Narcissa spoke. " No, let a charming chintz and Brussell's lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face. One would not sure be frightful when one's dead ! And Betty, give this cheek a little red !" — Moral E«:fj/«. 264 THE TERRACES. The three terraces with their granite... | |
 | Thomas Henry White - Europe - 1845 - 492 pages
...Narcissa spoke. " No, let a charming chintz and Brussell's lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face. One would not sure be frightful when one's dead ! And Betty, give tins cheek a little red !" — Moral Estnjs. 264 THE TERRACES. The three terraces with their granite... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...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 cheek a little red."1* The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all human... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...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 cheek a little red."" The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all human... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...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 cheek a little red." 251 The courtier smooth, who forty years had shiu'd A humble servant to all human... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 348 pages
...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 cheek a little red." But it does not appear that there is any authority for * Letters from the Rev.... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - Psychology - 1849 - 190 pages
...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 cheek a little red.' " 349. Having thus adverted to the ruling passion in the merchant, the warrior,... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1849 - 342 pages
...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 cheek a little red." Said to be actually true of Mrs. Oldfield, the celebrated actress. Labruyere has... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...demanded an audience of the queen, to advise her to preserve her health and dispel her grief by dancing. One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." The courtier smooth, who forty years had shined An humble servant to all human... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 pages
...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 cheek a little red.''' The least observation of the world will show that this absorbing passion has... | |
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