| Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 頁
...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 but their due, A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who... | |
| 1840 - 372 頁
...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 the devil they got there. r Were others angry ? I excused them top ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 頁
...name. Pretty! in чтЬег to observe the forms Of hairs, „r straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! Peor and Baalim Forsake their temples dim, With that...taper's holy shine ; The Libye Hammon shrinks his hor ; 3ut each man's secret standard in his mind. That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness. This, who... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 416 頁
...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 頁
...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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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