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" This day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China... "
Common Courtesy in Eighteenth-century English Literature - Page 45
by William Bowman Piper - 1997 - 200 pages
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...; ' Or ftain her honour or her new brocade, ' Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a mafquerade ; * Or lofe her heart or necklace at a ball, « Or whether Heav'n has doom'd tHat Shock muft fall. * Hafte then, ye fpirits ! to your charge repair : « The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...flaw ; Or ftain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a mafquerade ; Or lofe her heart, or necklace at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shod muft fall. Hafte then, ye Spirits ! to your charge repair : The flutt'ring fan be Zeptyretta's...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in.night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law. Or some frail china jar receive a flaw; Or stain her...heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doomed that shock must fall, Haste, then, ye spirits! to your charge repair: The flutt'ring fan be...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 548 pages
...flaw ; Or ftain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a mafquerade ; Or lofe her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock inuft Lii •Rape of tie Lock, canto ii. lol. ' One Tpeaks the glory of the Britilh Queen, And one...
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Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ...

1792 - 112 pages
...flaw; Or ftain her honour , or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs , or mifs a mafquerade; Or lofe her heart, or necklace, at a ball, Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock muft fall. Hafte then ye fpirits ! to your charge repair : The fluttring fan be Zephyretta's care;...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - English language - 1793 - 518 pages
...flaw ; S Or (tain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or rnift a mafquerade, Or Tote her heart, or necklace, at a ball, Or whether heav'n has doom'd that Shock muft fall.' What is called the point of an epigram, confifts, for moft part, in fome antithefis of...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1796 - 264 pages
...ftain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs, or mils a mafquerade ; Or lofe her h»art, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock muft fall. Haftethen, ye Spirits! to your charge repair i ill The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 444 pages
...naturally Or ftain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a mafquerade ; Or lofe her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock muft fall. Hafte then, ye fpirits ! to your charge repair : 1 1 1 The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes, Complete. With ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...ferioufly, it Or ftain her honour, or her new brocade j Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a mafquerade ; Or lofe her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock muft fell. Hafte then, ye fpirits ! to your charge repair : HI The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care...
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The Rape of the Lock,: An Heroi-comical Poem,

Alexander Pope - Epic poetry, English - 1798 - 146 pages
...slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receive a flaw; Or stain her...Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. Haste then, ye spirits ! to your charge repair : The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops...
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