 | William Robinson Pirie - 1858 - 670 páginas
...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 fall." The contrast exhibited in this passage betwixt that which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 páginas
...Or some frail China-jar receive a flaw, Or stain her honor, or her new brocade, Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart or necklace at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock* must fall. Haste, then, ye spirits I to your charge repair : The fluttering... | |
 | George Campbell - 1859 - 460 páginas
...some frail china jar receives 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 doom'd that Shock must fall."* This is humorous, in that it is a lively sketch of the female... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 páginas
...Or some frail China-jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honor, or her new brocade: Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doom' A that Shock must fall. Haste then, ye spirits ! to your charge repair ; The fluttering... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 páginas
...Home frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, t a heavenly mantle flow'd, That 'rich with Pallas' labour'd col ; [fall. Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must Haste then, ye spirits ! to your charge repair... | |
 | Ovid - 1972 - 564 páginas
...Rape of the Lock : 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...Masquerade, Or lose her Heart or Necklace at a Ball (III, 105-109). In the playful account of Orithyia's rape by Boreas (6.702 ff.), Ovid's wit dominates.... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 páginas
...wrapt 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, Forget her...Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. The rhythm implies a series of equations and matched propositions, yet our good sense insists that... | |
 | Carlee Lippman - 1978 - 216 páginas
...say it is at the expense of logic. The following three lines would come in for the harshest censure: "Or stain her Honour, or her new Brocade, / Forget...Masquerade, / Or lose her Heart, or Necklace, at a Ball." What's wrong with all these lines from a logical point of view is, in a word, they are all category... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 páginas
...well-known lines: 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...masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; [Shock: the Or 'whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. lap-dog] The epic machinery ("The Machinery,... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 páginas
...material display: 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...Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. (II, 105-10) We have already seen human hearts reproducing the values of objects, and Pope's placing... | |
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This day, black omens threat the 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. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china... 
