 | Alexander Pope - 1824
...three hours a day; To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, 15 To muse, and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the...fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire ; 20 NOTES. Coronation] Of King George the first, 1715. P. Ver, 7. Zephalinda] The assumed name of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 524 pages
...three hours a-day : To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary tea ; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the...godly garret after seven, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heaven. Some 'squire, perhapa, you take delight to rack ; Whose game is whist, whose... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1829
...iu water and mud ; to which we may reckon the bill of thetjioiHibill. Derham's ljhysico- Theology. Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon. Pope. SPOONING, in the sea-language, is said of a ship, which being under sail in a storm at sea is... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
...quaffer in water and mud ; to which we may reckon the bill of thetpoonoUt. Derham'i Pkyrico- Theology. Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at nooD. Pope. is unable to bear it, and consequently forced to go right before the wind. SPOONWORT. See... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1833 - 192 pages
...three times a day ; To pass her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse and spill her solitary tea ; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the...stories to the "squire ; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n." Pope's Epistles. Here « in opera ought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835
...three hours a day ; To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, 15 To muse, and spill her solitary tea ; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the...fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire ; 20 Up to her godly garret after seven ; There starve and pray, for that 's the way to heaven. Some... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 442 pages
...three hours a-day ; To part her time 'twist reading and hohea, To muse, and spill her solitary tea ; leave to add, it is hecause you think me no enemy to my native country, there Eip to her godly garret after seven, There starve and pray, for that 's the way to heaven Some 'squire,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836
...; * Mademoiselle Paulet. VoL. IL 8 Or o'er culd coIfee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow cluck, and dine exact at noon ; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stones to the 'squire ; t'p to her godly garret after seven, There starve and pray, for that 's the... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1839 - 248 pages
...three times a day ; To pass her time 'twixt reading and bohea To muse and spill her solitary tea ; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the...stories to the 'squire ; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n." Pope's Epistles. Here e in opera ought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839
...three hours a day; To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse, and spill lier solitary tea, / ; ' Mndcmoisetlc I'anlct. < Of King George I., 1 71SUp to her godly garret after seven, There starve... | |
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twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon... 
