 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pagina’s
...thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportion'd ittle he had some to spare, To feed the famish'd, and to clothe the bare : For mortified ; ibr loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But it when unadorn'd adorn'd the most. Thoughtless... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pagina’s
...perfection makes the sum of bliss. Mrs Hah: 288. BEAUTY : unadorned. A NATIVE grace Sat fair proportion'd earest Friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought...nameless ills That one incessant straggle render adorn'd the most. Thomson. 289. BEAUTY. Youthful Lo ! when the buds expand, the leaves are green, Then... | |
 | Hermann Marcus Kottinger - 1877 - 334 pagina’s
...on the mountain-snow. A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a sinple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. So flourish'd, blooming, and unseen by all, The sweet Lavinia; till, at length, coinpell'd... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1877 - 992 pagina’s
...and attractive as possible, and next to personal attractions those of dress are her greatest aids. Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most, is a very pretty sentiment in poetry but as a simple matter of fact it is false.... | |
 | Thomas S. Sozinskey - 1877 - 212 pagina’s
...disfiguration. We cannot refrain from calling to mind the oft-quoted but still truthful lines of Thomson— " Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most." We desire it to be distinctly understood that in noting down these strictures we... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pagina’s
...one luxuriant shoot, Die the next year for want of root. SWIFT. A native grace Sat fair propoition'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. THOMSON. The sun's oppressive ray, the roseate bloom Of beauty blasting, gives the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1878 - 160 pagina’s
...vulgarism. 288. Secure to please. Confident of pleasing. See on 14.5. Cf. Thomson, Autumn, 202 : " Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond...ornament, But is when unadorn'd adorn' d the most." 293. Solicitous to bless. Anxious to charm, or " to find lovers on whom she may bestow her favours."... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 pagina’s
...star Of evening shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 786 pagina’s
...native grace bat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, \'eiled in a simple robe, their bestaitire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self. Recluse amid the close-embowering... | |
 | James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 pagina’s
...star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire Beyond the pomp...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. 3. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close... | |
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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. 
