 | Alexander Pope - Epic poetry, English - 1798 - 146 pages
...spirit's care ; Some dire disaster, or by force or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law,...Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force or slight; But what, or where, the Fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law,...Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...use of the figure. So, in his Rape of the Lock : Whether the nymph thall break Diana't law, Or tome frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour,...prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, ornecklace at a ball, , • Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. What is called the point... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...spirit's care : * Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the Fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law,...ball; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fail. Haste then, ye spirits ! to your charge repair: The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care; The... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1808 - 468 pages
...enliven each other, Pope hath also furnished us with in another part of the same exquisite performance. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some...Or whether heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall f. This is humorous, in that it is a lively sketch of the female estimate of mischances, as our poet's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...some frail china-jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; ". Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace,...that Shock must fall. Haste then, ye spirits ! to yonr charge repair : The fluttering fan be Zepbyretta's care ; The drops to thee, Krillante, we consign;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...the Fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China-jar receive a flaw: Or stain her honour, or her new brocade...prayers, or miss a masquerade ; ' Or lose her heart, or ii-cklace at a ball ; Or » hcther Heaven has dootn'd that Shock must fait Haste then, ye spirits !... | |
 | Albius Tibullus - 1812 - 386 pages
...brightest fair. That e'er deterv'da watchful spiru's care ; Some dire disaster, or hy force, or slight : But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night....a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a hall, Or whether heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall. Canto 2. Ver. 49. This Elegy abounds in difficult... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1815 - 582 pages
...figure. So, in his Rape of the Lock : Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail cliina jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new...Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her hearr, or necklace at a ball, Or whether heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. What is called the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...brightest fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care : Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight ; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night:...stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, . or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has... | |
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Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doomed that Shock must... 
