 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 頁
...some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Nhaktpfarc's name. Pretty '. in amber to oLsuvc 09 ! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 頁
...small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare'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, 171 But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 頁
...name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms 169 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 excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 506 頁
...creature may some notice claim, Wrapt round and sanctified with Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry?... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 頁
...creature may some notice claim, Wrapt round and sanctified with Shakespeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry... | |
 | 1816 - 816 頁
...tax'd, and beaten, is the «/««/. Cra«v. 4. A kind of expletive, cxpr.fl-.ng wonder or vexati°nThe things, we know, are neither rich nor rare; But wonder how the devil they got theie . .1 'of. ,. A kind of ludicrous negative in an adveibial fenfeThe devil was well, the Avil a... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 402 頁
...are, however, some imitations by Pope, wnich appear worth preserving. PROLOGUE TO SAT. 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 came there. MARTIAL. VI.... | |
 | 1819 - 266 頁
...cannot help regarding these coroneted insects, like the worms embalmed in amber, described by Pope : " The things we know, are neither rich nor rare, * But wonder how the devil they got thete."' And when we see others of our nobility sneaking about under armorial degradation, from town... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 頁
...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 gut there. The hard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who torns a Persian tale for half a erown ; Just... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 頁
...Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of bain, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! structive blow ; And wasted man, whose quick decay Comes hurrying on before his day, cxcus'd 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! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there? 
