 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 strani
...queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply...of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine; The merchant from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 2004 - 108 strani
[ Prikaz vsebine te strani ni dovoljen ] | |
 | Alexander Pope - 2004 - 212 strani
[ Prikaz vsebine te strani ni dovoljen ] | |
 | Jeffrey Wainwright - 2004 - 248 strani
...sardonically skewers the casual habits of judges and jurors, we see the couplet deployed to full effect: Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine. Although the comfortable... | |
 | Aileen Ribeiro - 2005 - 412 strani
...Brirtsh Queen. And one descrtbes a charming Indtan screen: A thtrd tnterprets motions, looks and eyes, At ev'ry word a reputation dies, Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, Wtth singing, laughing, ogling, and all that |Canto tn. II, M-IX|. I he queen also spent much time... | |
 | Stephen K. George - 2005 - 428 strani
...into our lunch hour, I think of the following lines from The Rape of the Lock (111.19-22): Mean while declining from the Noon of Day, The Sun obliquely shoots his burning Ray; The hungry Judges soon the Sentence sign, And Wretches hang that Jury-men may Dine. The implications... | |
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Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. 
