 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 284 pages
...cheeks : Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon forget The pale, unripen'd beauties of the north. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in...eye, and palls upon the sense. The virtuous Marcia tow'rs above her sex : True, she is fair, (oh how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1830 - 586 pages
...Marcia, which I have often repeated before, but never fully understood, till I knew and loved you. " The virtuous Marcia towers above 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 of... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1830 - 592 pages
...so much virtue and so much beauty. before, but never fully understood, till I knew and loved you. " The virtuous Marcia towers above 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 of... | |
 | Aesop - Aesop's fables - 1831 - 370 pages
...them worthy of the least regard. Should one of these fine creatures be addressed in the words of Juba: 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion The tincture...sex; True, she is fair, oh, how divinely fair! But still, the lovely maid improves her charms With inward greatness, unaffected wisdom, And sanctity of... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - American literature - 1832 - 338 pages
...Oh ! what perfections must that virgin share, Who fairest is esteem'd, where all are fair ! . Prior. The virtuous Marcia towers above 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 of... | |
 | British drama - 1833 - 828 pages
...Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon tcrgct The pale, nnripen'd lieauties of the north. Juba. 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: i Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, j» Fades in his eve, anil palls upon his sense. The virtuous... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 pages
...countenance, all ready to speak to me at once: and before I could draw my chair, my lady herself repeated, 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture...True, she is fair ; (oh ! how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves her charms With inward greatness, unaaected wisdom, And sanctity of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 548 pages
...forget The pale, unripen'd beauties of the north. Juba. 'Tis not a set of features, or completion. The tincture of a skin, that I admire. Beauty soon...eye, and palls upon the sense. The virtuous Marcia tow'rs above her s«: True, she is fair, (oh how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves... | |
 | Hatchway (lieut, R.N., pseud.) - 1838 - 922 pages
...became as one dead. CHAPTER II. Know'st thou this country ' SHAMFEAEI. Ti» not a set of features, nor complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire ; Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in hia eye, and jmlls upou the sense. CATO. Are violets not sweet because not fair? VIRGIL. " WHEN I recovered... | |
 | Acting drama - English drama - 1839 - 936 pages
...you'd soon forget The pale, unripen'd beauties of the north. Jnha. 'Tis not a sot of features, nor complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire...in his eye, and palls upon the sense. The virtuous Slarcia towers above her sex : True, she is fair— О how divinely fair ! — But still the lovely... | |
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Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. 
