 | William Maginn - 1856 - 400 pages
...tell us : "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." But it was once esteemed quite as rich and rare as the amber in which it is now preserved, and nothing... | |
 | 1856 - 400 pages
...Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of grubs, and flies, and sticks, and straws, and worms — Such things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the dickens they got there !" Now the Romans never had possession of Nottingham — although the Normans... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...Shakspeare's name. Pretty I 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 : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
 | Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - Geology - 1859 - 446 pages
...well-known 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 mischief they got there I " Fossil insects occur in both the Secondary and Palaeozoic divisions, but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...Lepidus " of this poetical triumvirate. I am only surprised to see him in such good company. " Such things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil Ite came there." The trio are well defined in the sixth proposition of Euclid : " Because, in the triangles... | |
 | 1903 - 1096 pages
...the public verdict would be accurately expressed by Pope's famous lines about the flies in amber : The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. It would appear that there is very little distinction nowadays between some of the Ministers within... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...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 somewhat small-minded and vengeful here, especially in the light of his own claim,... | |
 | George O. Poinar - Science - 1992 - 388 pages
...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 surveys all life forms, from microbes to vertebrates, that have been reported from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...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 angry? I excused them too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true... | |
 | Mary Pruett - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1999 - 168 pages
...they all take fish at one time or another. Observe, experiment, note results, and repeat as needed. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. — Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" CHAPTER 7 A Word on Materials Wait a minute.... | |
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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. 
