| William M. Thayer - 1893 - 376 páginas
...excess in the matter that we warn them. " 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 unadorn'd, adorn'd the most." Thomson. CHAPTER XVI. Connection with Two Preceding Chapters.—Mary... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 páginas
...native grace Sat 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 ; Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Ycil'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. The sun's oppressive ray, the roseate bloom Of beauty blasting,... | |
| 1896 - 1224 páginas
...FRANCIS THOMPSON— Gilded Gold. St. 2. Her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire; V. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 4. There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff tha unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. n. THOMSON — Seasons. Autumn. L. 202. 0 fair undress, best dress ! it... | |
| Edward Reeves - 1898 - 314 páginas
...daintily clean and bright-coloured, their " Polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best atlire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most." Along the shore itself move the busy, noisy boatmen, the prows of their... | |
| Samuel Reynolds Hole - 1901 - 370 páginas
...leaving velvets and satins for plain black silk, for one Vested in a simple robe, the best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament. The gentlewoman has, of course, a voice gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman, and in her laughter... | |
| Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1905 - 282 páginas
...with Thomson's poetic words : — " 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 unadorn'd, adorn'd the most." However well dressed a woman may be, her nature remains the same, for,... | |
| Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1906 - 278 páginas
...with Thomson's poetic words : — " 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 unadorn'd, adorn'd the most." However well dressed a woman may be, her nature remains the same, for,... | |
| George Campbell Macaulay - 1907 - 278 páginas
...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... | |
| |