...moderate thickness, but perfectly covered on both sides. They reminded us forcibly of Pope's simile : 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. We are aware of...

...of that eretcens cadaver, and made the subject of various sagacious remarks and " Pretty ! in limber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The tilings, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there." Dut it was once...

...that lives on syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the...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. r Were others...

...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 straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things we know are neither rich nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. FOFE. WE must now...

...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 straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. POPE. WE must now...

...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....

...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."...

...that lives on syllables, Even such small critics some regard may claim, Preserved in Milion's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the...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. Were others angry...

...the niee eonduet of the elouded eane," there may yet be those who think with the poet, that it is " Pretty, in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! " and may be willing to know that the aneients no less than ourselves are ready to eeho the eoneluding...

...been its history, affords an excellent illustration of Pope's well known and often quoted lines, — " 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." 223. HEBREW BETROTHAL...