| John Bell - 1791 - 292 Seiten
...pale, unripen'd beauties of the North. Jub. 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire : Beauty soon grows familiar...her sex : True, she is fair, (Oh, how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves her charms With inward greatness, unaffected wisdom, And sanctity... | |
| Aesop - 1792 - 380 Seiten
...'Tis not a fet of features, or complexion, 1 he tinfture of a ftdn that I admire ; Beauty. Beauty foon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the feiifc. The virtuous Marcia towers above her fex. True, (he is fair, oh, how divinely fair ! But ftiil... | |
| 1795 - 460 Seiten
...fueh defeQs, M to make indifferent features appear ve-v lovely ; on the other hand, •' beauty form grows familiar to the lover, fades in his eye, and palls upon the fenfe;'. and though I do not meai to condemo beauty, in thii cafe, a< it certainly entit'ei a laly... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 Seiten
...not a let of features, or complexion, The tinitur; of a (kin, that I admire : Beauty foon ¡;ro\vs familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the fenfc. The virtuous Marcia tow'rs above her fel : True, be is fair — O, how divinely fair ! But ftill... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 462 Seiten
...pale, unripen'd beauties of the North. Jub. 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion. The tincture of a skin, that I admire : Beauty soon grows familiar...lovely maid improves her charms With inward greatness, unaffected wisdom, And sanctity of manners ; Cato's soul Shines out in every thing she acts or speaks,... | |
| Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 452 Seiten
...The pale, unripen'd beauties of the NorthJub. 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire : Beauty soon grows familiar...the sense. The virtuous Marcia tow'rs above her sex : f True, she is fair, (Oh, how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves her charms With... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1797 - 626 Seiten
...are the following lines, which Addifon has put into the mouth of his Numidian Prince : Beauty foon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the fenfe. Mr. Jolliffe having married his Lucy more for her features, and for her complexion, than for... | |
| Mr. Addison - 1797 - 712 Seiten
...are the following lines, which Addifon has put into the mouth of his Numidian Prince : Beauty foon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the fenfe. . Mr. Jolliffe having married his Lucy more for her features, and for her complexion, than for... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 380 Seiten
...draw my chair, my lady herself repeated : ' 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire ; Beauty soon grows familiar...eye, and palls upon the sense. The virtuous Marcia towers above her sex ; True, she is fair; (oh, how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves... | |
| 1803 - 440 Seiten
...draw my chair, my Lady herself repeated, -. 'Tis not a set of features or complexion, , The tincnire of a skin that I admire ; , Beauty soon grows familiar...eye, and palls upon the sense. The virtuous Marcia towers above her sex. True, she is fair (Oh, how divinely fair!") But still the lovely maid improves... | |
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