 | 1898 - 712 Seiten
...buried in sable shrouds or not. The reference to Woollen shrouds calls to mind Pope's linee :— " Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke. In 'Much Ado about Nothing' Beatrice says : "I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 Seiten
...the like ? It is thought that Pope has been too severe in the satire of the following lines :— " ' Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke,' (Were...dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.''' The least observation of the world will show that this absorbing passion has its votaries in every rank... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, 240 For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, (Were...lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: 245 One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this Cheek a little... | |
 | 1883 - 602 Seiten
...Cibber's best works, as he did in the merciless lines upon Narcissa, ending ' One would not, sure, he frightful when one's dead ; And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' In Peg Woffington a worthy successor was found for Mrs. Oldfield in many of her best parts. Like her,... | |
 | William Edward Tate - 1969 - 408 Seiten
...legislation. Pope's Narcissa (Nance Oldfield) objected very emphatically to the idea of burial in woollen :31 Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke (Were...— And — Betty — give this Cheek a little Red. Another topic connected with burial is that of mortuaries. The feudal rule was that, upon the decease... | |
 | 1928 - 980 Seiten
...to pass their lives thus attired, but wished to continue to wear cotton when life was extinct. Let charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face.14 Though the vendors of such smuggled and outlawed fabrics were chary of advertising their wares,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1899 - 710 Seiten
...the last by her friend, an ex-actress, Mrs. Saunders, the Betty of Pope's somewhat spiteful lines : ' Odious, in woollen 'twould a saint provoke, (Were...— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' The fact is that Mrs. Oldfield piqued herself on her taste in dress, and thus attired she was laid in state... | |
 | 1903 - 248 Seiten
...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...— And— Betty— give this cheek a little red." Here again from the essay on the characters of women, is a sketch of what many take to be a type known... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 Seiten
...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,...dead And - Betty - give this Cheek a little Red.' From An Epistle to Lord Cobham (1734) Taken together, passages A, B, C and D present a view of the... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1894 - 894 Seiten
...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...And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." The mistress was the celebrated Mrs. Oldfield; the maid, Mrs. Saunders, her friend, also a clever actress.... | |
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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... 
