 She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...  The Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 56by George Campbell - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...purposes of accomplished gesticulation. One of the most courtly personages in the Rape of the Lock is Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, . And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Sir Richard Steele, as we have before noticed, is reproached by a busy-body of those times for a habit... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pages
...purposes of accomplished gesticulation. One of the most courtly personages in the Rape of the Lock is Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Sir Richard Steele, as we have before noticed, is reproached by a busy-body of those times for a habit... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...and patches, divide his self-love equally with his own person, the true Sir Plume of his day,— " Of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane." There is the same felicity in the figure and attitude of the bride, courted by the lawyer. There is... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...and patches, divide his self-love equally with his own person, the true Sir Plume of his day, — " Of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane." There is the same felicity in the figure and attitude of the bride, courted by the lawyer. There is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...all! 120 She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the...cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, 125 He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out — "My Lord, why, what the devil... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 pages
...health. Sir Plume (a proper name for a soldier) has all the circumstances that agree with Prince Eugene. Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane, With earnest eyes It is remarkable, this general is a great taker of snuff, as well as towns; his conduct of the clouded... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1847 - 516 pages
...confound, Just in the jaws of ruin, and codille. Again: She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the cose. And this suggests another experiment, which is, to set the difle rent orders more directly in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...raging to sir Plume repairs, And hids her heau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amher snuff-hox justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-hox open'd, then the case, And thus hroke out : — ' My Lord, why, what the devil? Z ds ! damn... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...perish all ! She said ; then raging to Sir Plume' repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the...open'd, then the case, And thus broke out — " My lord, why, what the devil ! " Z — ds ! damn the Lock ! 'fore Gad, you must be civil. " Plague on't ! 'tis... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1849 - 472 pages
...last two examples, the following delineation of a fop : " Sir Flame (of amber snuff-box justly Tain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane), With earnest...open'd, then the case, And thus broke out : ' My lord ! why, what the devil t Z — ds ! damn the lock ! 'fore Gad, you must be civil ! Plague on't ! 'tis... | |
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