 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.  Sketch-book of Popular Geology - Page 94by Hugh Miller - 1872 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's orin Shakespeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...know are neither rich nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry: 1 excus'd then too; Wcll might they rage, I gave them bat... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics aome regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...know, are neither rich nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...syllables, I < 11 such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Sbakspe.tr's name. Pretty ' in amber to observe the forms Of hairs or...know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Nhaktpfarc's name. Pretty '. in amber to oLsuvc 09 devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd th«in too ; Well might they Mge, I gave them but... | |
 | John Opie - Painting - 1809 - 312 pages
...obtruded on the spectator, on the most solemn occasions, as the principal objects in the piece ! ! ! " The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there ! " With all these defects, such are the powers displayed in their works, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such 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...worms! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, 171 But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...syllables, Kv'n suc-ii small critics some regnn! nuiy claim, Proscrv'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 ! I'iie things we know arc neither rich nor rare, 171 But wonder how the devil they got there. Went... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...may claim, Preserv'd in Mil,on's or in Shale/pear's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms 169 Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms !...know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...syllables. Yet e'en this 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 ?... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 816 pages
...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,... | |
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