 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
 | Mrs. Bury Palliser - Lace and lace making - 1869 - 574 pages
...Nareissa spoke.) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrup 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." " She was laid in her coffin," says her maid, " in a very fine Brussels lace head,... | |
 | Belgravia - 1869 - 776 pages
...Nnrcisfa spoke : ' No, let a charming chiniz and Brus>els lace Wrap my cold limbs and *hade my lifeless face, — One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead, — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' " In 1670 a young Irish government clerk, named Wilks, took Betterton's advice... | |
 | Mrs. Bury Palliser - Lace and lace making - 1869 - 546 pages
...spoke.) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless fuce ; One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." " She was laid in her coffin," says her maid, " in a very fine Brussels lace head,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...taper's end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 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 huftian... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 596 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.' For ' Betty,' read Las Cases or Montholon, and the parallel is complete. In April,... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 604 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.' For ' Betty,' read Las Cases or Montholon, and the parallel is complete. In April,... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 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 Narcissa of these lines was Mrs. Oldfield, the celebrated actress. ' ON CLEOPATRA... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 606 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." For ' Betty,' read Las Cases or Montholon, and the parallel is complete. In April,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Narcissa spoke ;) No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless ullen cheek a little red." Thecourtiersmooth, who forty years had shincd An humble servant to all human-kind,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1871 - 780 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 ! " TYBURNIANA. All you that in the comlemn'il hole do lie Prepare you, for to-morrow... | |
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