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Berenice’s Locks
Popular three-person card game. Originally a Spanish game called hombre, in many respects a forerunner of the modern game bridge.
Ombre Quotes in The Rape of the Lock
The The Rape of the Lock quotes below are all either spoken by Ombre or refer to Ombre. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Canto III Quotes
Behold, four Kings in majesty revered,
With hoary whiskers and a forky beard;
And four fair Queens whose hands sustain a flower,
The expressive emblem of their softer power;
Four Knaves in garbs succinct, a trusty band,
Caps on their heads, and halberts in their hand;
And particolored troops, a shining train,
Draw forth to combat on the velvet plain.
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This description of Belinda’s cards occurs at the beginning of Canto III, when she sits down to play a game of ombre with the Baron and one other gentleman. Pope chooses to narrate the game as if the cards were real noble figures and the game itself were a real battle. This allows him to once again humorously illustrate the silliness of life at court. The narrative voice treating the cards as if they were real kings and queens when they clearly are not suggests that Belinda and her companions take the game rather too seriously. In addition, it is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque p
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Ombre Term Timeline in The Rape of the Lock
The timeline below shows where the term Ombre appears in The Rape of the Lock. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Canto III
Belinda sits down to a game of ombre with two gentlemen “to decide their doom” and arranges her cards. The sylphs glide down...
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