...purposes of accomplished gesticulation. One of the most courtly personages in the Rape of the Lock is Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, . And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Sir Richard Steele, as we have before noticed, is reproached by a busy-body of those times for a habit...

...purposes of accomplished gesticulation. One of the most courtly personages in the Rape of the Lock is Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Sir Richard Steele, as we have before noticed, is reproached by a busy-body of those times for a habit...

...and patches, divide his self-love equally with his own person, the true Sir Plume of his day,— " Of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane." There is the same felicity in the figure and attitude of the bride, courted by the lawyer. There is...

...and patches, divide his self-love equally with his own person, the true Sir Plume of his day, — " Of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane." There is the same felicity in the figure and attitude of the bride, courted by the lawyer. There is...

...all! 120 She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the...cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, 125 He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out — "My Lord, why, what the devil...

...health. Sir Plume (a proper name for a soldier) has all the circumstances that agree with Prince Eugene. Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane, With earnest eyes It is remarkable, this general is a great taker of snuff, as well as towns; his conduct of the clouded...

...confound, Just in the jaws of ruin, and codille. Again: She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the cose. And this suggests another experiment, which is, to set the difle rent orders more directly in...

...raging to sir Plume repairs, And hids her heau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amher snuff-hox justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-hox open'd, then the case, And thus hroke out : — ' My Lord, why, what the devil? Z ds ! damn...

...perish all ! She said ; then raging to Sir Plume' repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the...open'd, then the case, And thus broke out — " My lord, why, what the devil ! " Z — ds ! damn the Lock ! 'fore Gad, you must be civil. " Plague on't ! 'tis...

...last two examples, the following delineation of a fop : " Sir Flame (of amber snuff-box justly Tain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane), With earnest...open'd, then the case, And thus broke out : ' My lord ! why, what the devil t Z — ds ! damn the lock ! 'fore Gad, you must be civil ! Plague on't ! 'tis...