| James A. W. Heffernan - 2006 - 439 pages
...when Sir Plume demands the return of the lock in canto 4: ... by this Lock, this sacred Lock I swear, That while my Nostrils draw the vital Air, This Hand, which won it, shall for ever wear. (4.133, 137-38) woman" even as he plays the clever fool, sharing with us his amusement at the antics... | |
| Joseph Roach - 2007 - 284 pages
...humiliated victim, gloats over his talismanic prize, Belinda's severed lovelock: But by this Lock, this sacred Lock I swear, (Which never more shall...parted Hair, Which never more its Honours shall renew, Clipt from the lovely Head where late it grew) That while my Nostrils draw the vital Air, This Hand,... | |
| Sophie Gee - 2008 - 387 pages
...me much," replied the peer again, "Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain: But by this lock, this sacred lock, I swear, (Which never more shall...hand, which won it, shall for ever wear." He spoke, and speaking, in proud triumph spread The long-contended honours of her head. THE RAPE OF THE LOCK... | |
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