 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 416 דפים
...true, as Pope says, that it is sometimes pleasing to see insects and straws encased in amber, — % " The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there." The Duke, however, has some claims upon our attention ; his career is one of the most strikingly illustrative... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 דפים
...Lepidu»" of this poetical triumvirate. 1 am only surprised to see him in such good company. " Such he name of Love ! It was love — unchangeable — unchanged, he came there." The trio are well defined in the sixth proposllion of Euclid : " Because, in the triangles... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 דפים
...Prescrv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in imber to observe the forms Of hairs, ,,r e him pipes, And timbrels, on each side went armed...foot, before him and behind Arrhers, and slingers, Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Veil might they rnge, I gave them hut their due. A man's true... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 דפים
...in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in nmber to observe the forms Of hairs, «r straws, or dirt, or gruhs, aOyb l@ Were others angry : I cxcus'd them loo ; Veil might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 316 דפים
...his intention to visit the apartments of Mademoiselle Schulenburg. CHAPTER VII. THE HEIR IN AMBER. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. POPE. WE must now beg the reader to follow us from the King of England's cabinet, to the dressing-room... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 978 דפים
...his intention to visit the apartments of Mademoiselle Schulenburg. CHAPTER VII. THE HEIR IN AMBER. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. FOFE. WE must now beg the reader to follow us from the King of England's cabinet, to the dressing-room... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 דפים
...in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amher to ohserve the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or gruhs, or worms ! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry ? I excused them too ; Well might they rage : I gave them hut their due A man's true... | |
 | 1903 - 1096 דפים
...the public verdict would be accurately expressed by Pope's famous lines about the flies in amber : The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. It would appear that there is very little distinction nowadays between some of the Ministers within... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 דפים
...syllables, Ev'n such small Critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespear's name. Pretty! in Amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the Devil they got there? Pope may be thought somewhat small-minded and vengeful here, especially in the light of his own claim,... | |
 | George O. Poinar - 1992 - 388 דפים
...became entombed in amber, the quotation by Alexander Pope (1688—1744) still applies in some instances: "Pretty in amber to observe the forms of hairs, or...nor rare, but wonder how the devil they got there." The present work surveys all life forms, from microbes to vertebrates, that have been reported from... | |
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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. 
