...probable that De Quincey uses it in this latter sense, thus defined by Scaliger : — " The qualities rare in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should...always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail." Page 14, line 14. a woman of high rank. ' ' For the last three years, in particular,...

...probable that De Quincey uses it in this latter sense, thus denned by Scaliger: — " The qualities rare in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail: The body should always be little and sweet, Aud a sting should be left in its tail." Page 14, line 14. a woman of high rank. " For the last three...

..."Omne epigramma sit instar apis," &c., better known in its English dress : — " The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail;...always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in the tail" The following is an early specimen, by an anonymous writer, of the four-line poem...

...pairs of slippers froni the female part of his congregation, that he got to fancy himself a centipede. The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram...be little and sweet. And a sting should be felt in the tail. SUPPLEMENT TO One Hundred Choice Selections, No. 3 CONTAINING SENTIMENTS For Public Occasions;...

...in one which is ascribed by some to an unknown Latin writer and by others to the Spanish fabulist, Yriarte: The qualities all in a bee that we meet,...and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail. This is at once a description and an illustration; and to be set by the side of it is an even terser...

...epigramma sit instar apis, sit aculeus illi. Sint sua mella : sit et corporis exigui.' ' The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail,...always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in the tail. (' Panorama of Wit,' 1809, p. 250.) These lines, notwithstanding the protests of...

...Century Dictionary quotes also these lines, which we have not been able to identify : The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail...always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail. 44 1 Roscommon's translation: Wentworth Dillon (1633 ?-i685), fourth Earl of Roscommon,...

...(Antithesis) or by a turn of expression that surprises and challenges attention (Epigram).i The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail...always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail. 538. Antithesis may be used : — (1) To aid the understanding : " A man's nature...

...to make permanently memorable in a single action or situation. —JW MACKAIL. 4. The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And the sting should be left in its tail. —From the Latin; author unknown. 5. A people is but the attempt...

...de deux rimes orne," or, again, that of the English wit who wrote the following : The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail...always be little and sweet. And a sting should be left in its tail. To the titles of many of those verses of his which come under this definition he...