 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...nose and lip but ill appear. Cowley. Her polish'd limbs Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadornd, adorn d the most. — Thomson. ADULATION. O BE sick, great Greatness! And bid thy ceremony... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 pages
...ager.' Martini, Ep. 1, 2, J. ' Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dresa; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.' Thomson, Autumn, 1. 202. But when those charms are past, — for charms... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 566 pages
...true skill in female finery is more displayed by neatness than gaudiness and expensive trappings. ' For loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.' No. 266. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4. Id vero est, quod ego mihi puto palmarium,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...native graee Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress : for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thomson' t Seasons. Her form was fresher than the morning rose, When the... | |
 | 1855 - 712 pages
...grace Sits fuir proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled iu a simple robe, their best attire lieyond the pomp of dress : for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. * • Thomson's Seasons. Yet it is not in words tliat the magic of poetry... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...native grace Sat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire, e not all effaced : then speech profane, And manners profligate," poets celebrate ; those go unadorned, adorned the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...NATIVE Grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd Limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress: for Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of Ornament, But is when unadorn'd adorn' d the most. . — Shakspeare. SHE looks as clear As morning Roses newly wash'd with... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1856 - 360 pages
...native grace Sits fair proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire Beyond the pomp of dress : for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. * * Thomson's Seasons. Yet it is not in words that the magic of poetry... | |
 | Q. K. Philander Doesticks - 1857 - 226 pages
...native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish 'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1858 - 114 pages
...To single fight the fairy prince defies." LINE 287— " Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most." Thomson's Autumn. LINE 288.—Secure; certain ; very confident. LINE... | |
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Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. 
