 | 1823 - 608 pages
...mirth of the heart in place of that which is faint and sickly on the lip — Give me a look, irivi- me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely...free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. But every thing fashionable is constrained... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...neat, s^till to be dress'd As you were going to a. feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfumed ; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though, art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. (Jive me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 408 pages
...farthing a yard." As she left the room, Belinda heard Clarence Hervey repeat to lady Delacour — " Give me a look, give me a face, " That makes simplicity a grace ; " Robes loosely flowing, hair as free '' he paused — but Belinda recollected the remainder of the stanza — " Such sweet neglect more... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 322 pages
...farthing a yard." As she left the room, Belinda heard Clarence Hervey repeat to lady Delacour — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free " he paused — but Belinda recollected the remainder of the stanza — " Such sweet neglect more taketh... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1825 - 286 pages
...had you in his eye when he composed that song;' then in a voice like thunder^ she chanted forth— ' Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace. Robes looselt flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me." Miss Grizzy was in the utmost perplexity,... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - 1827 - 272 pages
...dress'd, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd; Lady! it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not...free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. The two foregoing Pieces are by BEN... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...dress'd, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd; Lady! it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not...free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. The two foregoing Pieces are by BEN... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1827 - 428 pages
...but they could never improve it. Egad, Sydenham, she reminds me of those lines of Ben Jonson's:— " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art, That strike mine eye, but not my heart.'' " Bravo!" said T ; " Robes loosely flowing, if you please;... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1827 - 440 pages
...they could never improve it. Egad, Sydenham, she reminds me of those lines of Ben Jonson's : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art, That strike mine eye, but not my heart.'' " Bravo !" said T ; " Robes loosely flowing, if you please... | |
 | Charles White - 1827 - 616 pages
...they could never improve it. Egad, Sydcnham, she reminds me of those lines nt Ben Jonson's : — •' Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace. Robes loosely flowing, hair an free ; Such sweet neglect mure takcth me, Than all th* adulteries of art, Tliut strike mine eye,... | |
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Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes... 
