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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
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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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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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