 And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box ; The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white.  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 6251894Full view - About this book
 | Noam Chomsky - 1993 - 824 pages
...cosmetics, perceived no less than in later centuries as exotic: thus Pope, Rape of the Lock 1.133-4: This casket India's glowing gems unlocks. And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The Roman matron's ornatrix (Ovid Ars Am. 3.239) painted her out of the various jars "which contained her... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 pages
...World appear; From each she nicely culls with curious Toil, And decks the Goddess with the glitt'ring Spoil. This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks, And...yonder Box. The Tortoise here and Elephant unite, Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear; 130 From each she nicely culls with curious toil. And decks the goddess with...white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows. Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful Beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each... | |
 | Russell W. Belk - 1995 - 204 pages
...world appear; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from younder box. The tortoise here and elephant untie, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.... | |
 | Lori Hope Lefkovitz - 1997 - 312 pages
...the exotic countries that the joint-stock companies, financed by credit, were established to exploit: This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks, And all...white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux. (I. 133-138) Belinda uses the resources of an economy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 pages
...treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear; 130 From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with...white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1994 - 580 pages
...kinds of luxuries Pope found mingled on Belinda's dressing-table, the altar of Barlow's new religion: This Casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all...Transformed to combs, the speckled and the white. (The Rape of the Lock, Canto 1) Barlow got a chance to put into practice his theories of world unification... | |
 | Vivien Jones - 2000 - 348 pages
...of commodities through which she creates herself: The Tortoise here and Elephant unite, Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux.20 Here, myths of origin (not to mention actual exotic... | |
 | Laura Brown - 2001 - 292 pages
...toilet scene: Unnumber'd Treasures ope at once, and here The various Off rings of the World appear; This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks, And all...yonder Box. The Tortoise here and Elephant unite, Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs,... | |
 | Barbara M. Benedict - 2001 - 338 pages
...unlocks, And all Arabia breaths [sic] from yonder Box. The Tortoise here and Elephant unite, Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux, (i. 133-38) Within these caskets lie trophies from overseas,... | |
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