 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 Seiten
...syllables, Even such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! iro The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil... | |
 | William Maginn - 1856 - 372 Seiten
...Pope's, it must make part of every edition of his works ; for, as some of his happiest lines tell us : " 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... | |
 | 1856 - 506 Seiten
...means, why this is here rather than that; yet we recognise the details as excerpts from nature — " 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... | |
 | Ernest Adams - 1858 - 200 Seiten
...— Id. 511. When the verb be is the copula of a proposition, it is frequently omitted in poetry : Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms. Pope. Sweet the hum Of bees, the voice of girls, the song of birds, The lisp... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 Seiten
...Each wight who reads not, and but scans and spells, Each word-catcher that lives on syllables, E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty I in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 Seiten
...Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Prerty ! 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, Cut wonder how the devil they g< t there. Were others angry '? I excused them tno ; Well might they... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 Seiten
...syllables, Even such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakspeare'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 they POSSIBLY... | |
 | 1862 - 600 Seiten
...typographical, that since it ia " Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straw*, or dust, or grubs, or worms ; The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wouJer how they possibly got there." One of the many arcana pertaining to the craft of book-making... | |
 | Jonathan BIRD - 1863 - 384 Seiten
...possess a deeper interest, and we may apply to them the graceful and appreciative lines of Pope : ' 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 mischief... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 Seiten
...Each wight who reads not, and but scans and spells, Each word-catcher that lives on syllables, E'en such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or... | |
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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. 
