...pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queeu, And she describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; 20 The hungry...

...they pass'd Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets...every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan,* supplies each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from...

...they pass, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last, One speaks the glory of the British Queen ; And one describes a charming Indian screen, A third interprets motions, looks and sighs, At every word, a reputation dies." POPE. " OH ! You dear, little, idle, naughty thing !" exclaimed...

...glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets morions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supplies each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from...

...The Rape of the Lock: living in boudoir and salon, we are nudged by reminders of what lies outside. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Mean while, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; The hungry Judges...

...couplet from Pope's The Rape of the Lock, a colloquial ease that we might associate with urban savvy: Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pause of Chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. But urban savvy can be sounded in many registers: Echoes from Pissing- Alley, Wfadwell] call, And 5^[adwell]...

...they passed, Who gave a ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen. And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his buming ray; 20 The hungry judges...

...sets corresponding ideas in similar syntactic forms: One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets...looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. To see the world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand...

...they passed, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last: One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; 20 The hungry...

...they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets...looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. She paused, a finger in the page. That was a warning, if she needed it, that she must pursue her aims...