 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 страници
...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. The hard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown ; Just writes to... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 страници
...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...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excused them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | 1900 - 676 страници
...And wonders how the devil ho durst come there. Dryden, Prologue to ' The Husband hie own Cuckold.' The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Pope, Prologue to the ' Satires." 7. So fierce they flashed intolerable day. Dryden, ' Palamon and... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1849 - 840 страници
...Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of grubs, »nd flies, and sticks, and straws, and worms; Such things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder, how the mischief, they got there." Just so the bit of turf painted by Harvey. It is, certainly, a concisely-rendered... | |
 | James Smith, Horace Smith - 1851 - 272 страници
...their natural date of extinction, if they chance to be preserved in amber, or any similar substance. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare — But wonder how the devil they got there ! — POPE . With the natural affection of parents for the offspring of their own brains, we ventured... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 страници
...Shakespear's name. Pretty! in Amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms; 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the Devil they got there ? 146. Authors of secret and scandalous History [P]. Thomas Burnet is believed to have written Pope... | |
 | 1903 - 1096 страници
...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 страници
...Shakespear'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 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 страници
...some instances: "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." The present work surveys all life forms, from microbes to vertebrates, that have been reported from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 страници
...Shakespeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But...how the devil they got there? Were others angry? I excused them too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
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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. 
