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" The hungry Judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease. "
The Hand-book of Games: Comprising New Or Carefully Revised Treatises on ... - Page 242
edited by - 1867 - 617 pages
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1871 - 544 pages
...dine ; * The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.' Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites,' Burns to...And swells her breast with conquests yet to come. 15 1 Japan screens, as appears from the Spectator, were then the rage, and in the Woman of Taste, 1733,...
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Longer English poems, with notes, ed. by J.W. Hales, Issue 440

John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...dine; 310 The merchant from the Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to...adventrous Knights, At Ombre singly to decide their doom ; 315 And swells her breast with conquests yet to come. Strait the three bands prepare in arms to join,...
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Hoyle's Games modernized

George Frederick Pardon - 1873 - 464 pages
...are infinitely inferior, though much more complicated. " Belinda now, whom thirst of fame in rites, Burns to encounter two advent'rous knights At ombre,...decide their doom, And swells her breast with conquests .vet to come." VINGT-UN. "In our hot youth w« sigh for beauties of twentyone, and take no end of pains...
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Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...Rape of the Lock:— ' Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two adventurous knights, At OMBRE singly, to decide their doom, And swells her breast with conquests yet to come.' P. 18,1.13. Addison is probably glancing here at the non-juring divines, men like Hickes, Brett, Collier,...
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Selections from Addison's papers contributed to the Spectator, ed. by T. Arnold

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...Rape of the Lock : — ' Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two adventurous knights, At OMBRE singly, to decide their doom, And swells her breast with conquests yet to come.' P. 18, I. 13. Addison is probably glancing here at the non-juring divines, men like Hickes, Brett,...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...labours of the toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two adventurous knights, At ombre singly to decide their doom ; And swells her breast with conquests yet to come. Here follows a description of the game of ombre, under figure of a battle, in delightful imitation...
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Chaucer to Burns

Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...labors of the toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites. Burns to encounter two adventurous in ; Beyond w u> come. Straight the three bands prepare in arms to join. Kach band the number of the sacred nine....
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An Introduction to the Study of English Literature;: Comprising ...

Henry Noble Day - 1877 - 564 pages
...may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, '* Burns...And swells her breast with conquests yet to come. Strait the three bands prepare in arms to join, Each band the number of the sacred nine. ' Soon as...
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Longer English Poems: With Notes Philological and Explanatory, and an ...

John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 pages
...dine; ,,ro The merchant from the Exchange returns in' peace And the long labours of the Toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to...-,And swells her breast with conquests yet to come. ' ' Strait the three bands prepare in arms to join, Each band the number of the sacred nine. Soon as...
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The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...labors of the toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two adventurous ven upturned. For Humanity sweeps onward : where today...front the cross stands ready and the crackling fag arm» to join, Each band the number of the sacred Nine. Soon as she spreads her hand, the aerial guard...
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