Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her... History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry - Stran 113avtor: Jonathan Swift - 1801Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Ann Jones, Robert Cheeseman - 2004 - 212 strani
...his widow's gown: Her infant grandame,s whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) 24 Step back and face as if addressing Belinda. Perhaps use gesture to partly plead - but with false... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 358 strani
...widow's gown : ', Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.)" I do not know how far Pope was indebted for the original idea, or the delightful execution of this... | |
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