...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd 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 ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry...

...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd 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 ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry...

...yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Epistle to Dr. Arbutfmot, line 128. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! Ib. 1 70. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to...

...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd 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! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry...

...syllables, Even 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 ! ' The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. ' Were others angry...

...eg, of Glasgow, are not selected at all. When one does appear in a newspaper you can only say that it is neither " rich nor rare," and " wonder how the devil it got there." The result is that the Sheriffs are popularly supposed to be something like bailies, sitting all day...

...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 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 may be thought...

...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 straws, or dirt or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, but wonder how the devil they got there." The present work...

...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...

...in amber; hence such phrases as " preserved for all time in the imperishable amber of his genius." Pretty [ In amber, to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grabt, or worm«. The things, we know, «re neither rich nor nur«. But wonder how ihr devil they got...