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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. "
Sketch-book of Popular Geology - Page 94
by Hugh Miller - 1872 - 356 pages
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Maids of Honour: A Tale of the Court of George I.

Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 316 pages
...his intention to visit the apartments of Mademoiselle Schulenburg. CHAPTER VII. THE HEIR IN AMBER. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. POPE. WE must now beg the reader to follow us from the King of England's cabinet,...
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Maids of honour [signed Frank Ranelagh].

Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 978 pages
...his intention to visit the apartments of Mademoiselle Schulenburg. CHAPTER VII. THE HEIR IN AMBER. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...know are neither rich nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. FOFE. WE must now beg the reader to follow us from the King of England's cabinet,...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...allowed ; particularly when we consider that the person who brings them forward, has both attacked 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. NOTES....
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...Lepldus" of this poetical triumvirate. I am only surprised to see him In such good company. " Such wood without a path but where they will'd ; The field o'er wh devil he came there." The trio are well defined in the sixth proposition of Euclid : " Because, in...
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A Grammatical Corrector, Or, Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech ...

Seth T. Hurd - English language - 1848 - 136 pages
...noun foTfood, but cites no authority. Grub, as a noun, is a kind of worm ; as a verb, it is to dig. " Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs or straws, or dirt or grubs or worms." — POPB. " To grub the thorns beneath our tender feet, And make the paths of Paradise more sweet."...
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Lectures on Painting

James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli - Painting - 1848 - 586 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...
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Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, Volume 53

1903 - 1096 pages
...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...
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Alexander Pope

Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small Critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespear'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? Pope may be thought somewhat small-minded and vengeful here, especially in the...
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Life in Amber

George O. Poinar - Science - 1992 - 388 pages
...became entombed in amber, the quotation by Alexander Pope (1688—1744) still applies in some instances: "Pretty in amber to observe the forms of hairs, or...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...
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Selected Poetry

Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved 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! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there? Were others...
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