...end, Collects her breath, as ebbing life retires, 240 For one puff more, and in that puff expires. 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, (Were...lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: 245 One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this Cheek a little...

...Cibber's best works, as he did in the merciless lines upon Narcissa, ending ' One would not, sure, he frightful when one's dead ; And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' In Peg Woffington a worthy successor was found for Mrs. Oldfield in many of her best parts. Like her,...

...legislation. Pope's Narcissa (Nance Oldfield) objected very emphatically to the idea of burial in woollen :31 Odious ! in woollen ! 'twould a Saint provoke (Were...— And — Betty — give this Cheek a little Red. Another topic connected with burial is that of mortuaries. The feudal rule was that, upon the decease...

...to pass their lives thus attired, but wished to continue to wear cotton when life was extinct. Let charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face.14 Though the vendors of such smuggled and outlawed fabrics were chary of advertising their wares,...

...the last by her friend, an ex-actress, Mrs. Saunders, the Betty of Pope's somewhat spiteful lines : ' Odious, in woollen 'twould a saint provoke, (Were...— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.' The fact is that Mrs. Oldfield piqued herself on her taste in dress, and thus attired she was laid in state...

...Here is a part of the passage in which he illustrates the persistence of a ruling passion : "Odious I in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke," (Were the last...— And— Betty— give this cheek a little red." Here again from the essay on the characters of women, is a sketch of what many take to be a type known...

...Pride, Impiety! From An Essay on Man, 1 (1734) D. 'Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke, 242 (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No,...dead And - Betty - give this Cheek a little Red.' From An Epistle to Lord Cobham (1734) Taken together, passages A, B, C and D present a view of the...

...the ruling passion strong in death, thus refers to the custom : — " Odious ! in woollen ! 'tvrould a saint provoke, Were the last words that poor Narcissa...And — Betty — give this cheek a little red." The mistress was the celebrated Mrs. Oldfield; the maid, Mrs. Saunders, her friend, also a clever actress....

...(1733), Alexander Pope recalls the concern of a dying actress for the clothes she is to be buried in: "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a Saint provoke," (Were..."One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead. . . ." Not all Indian fabric is fancy or decorative. One of the more utilitarian fabrics we get from...

...odious in woollen 'twould a saint provoke close were the last words that poor narcissa spoke turns no let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face one need not sure be frightful though one's dead and Betty." (Here the reader dips his pen in the ink,...