...not on account of the verfes themfelves. As Pope fays of ftraw and grubs in amber, * We know thefe things are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they came there.' The poems before 03 are entitled to a fuperior degree of praife ; there are evident traces to be found...

...not on account of the verfe* themfelves. As Pope fays of ftraw and grubs in amber, ' We know thefe things are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they came tl.ere.' The poems before us are entitled to a fuperior degree of praife ; there are evident traces...

...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 came there. MARTIAL. VI. 15. Dura Phaetqntea. formica vagatur in umhrfi Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram, Sic...

...hi 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 came the/e. MARTIAL. VI. 15. T'Hun Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbr£ Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram,...

...regretted personage ; But, to say the truth, it was not the animal which was so strange in that quartet, as his being made of gold. We know the things are...rare ; But wonder how the devil they came there. I r«prat I repeat it again ; the attractions of Mrs - 's fete were certainly greater than those of the...

...probationer-fellow is elected, but the how or the why will be beyond the reach of our sagacity ;— We know the things are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there ! The remainder of these four things consists of three discoveries, of the highest importance...

...probationer-fellow is elected, but the fiffto of the vahy will be beyond the reach of our sagacity j_; We know the things are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there ! The remainder of these four things consists of three discoveries, of the highest importance...

...intelligent, enlightened, and splendid articles of the Quarterly Review ! — 119 " Such things, we know, are neither rich nor rare; "But wonder how the devil they came there !" Pope. But in fact, notwithstanding all this mysterious concealment, I pretty well guess who may...

...perpetuates it, Mr. Gladstone 'preserves it for us, embalms it in the amber of his Confidences — ' The things are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there :' and then — having subjected himself to this needless humiliation — he says, with a...

...amber to observe the Forms Of Flies and Wasps and Scrubs and Dirt and Worms ; The Things themselves are neither rich nor rare But wonder ! How the Devil they came there. I am in a fair way to be examined upon Interrogatories by all the Lawyers and Politicians. But I must...