 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...mix again With these lost spirits ; run all their mazes with 'em; For such are treason*. Bi-n Jontm. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace. Id. He looked and saw the face of things quite changed. The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...scene contains those delightful lines, which everybody knows: — ' Give roe a look, give me a fare. That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such su-eet neglect more tnketh me. Than all th' adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not.my heart,'... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...neat, still 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...of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE, SISTER TO BIB PHILIP SIDNEY. UNDERNEATH this marble herse Lies... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...drest. As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, e rolling tomb O'er the stones thunders, bounds from...throws O'er the mid pavement, hcapy rubbish crows ; HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day, looking after A raven, feeding upon a quarter ; And, soon as she tum'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...neat, still to be drest, 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...free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. SPEECH OF MAIA. IN THE PENATES. Afaia.... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 322 pages
...have drawn it from the Lady Hungerford of his time, aided by the charm of his own imagination : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...; — Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eye but not my heart." In this apparently sweet neglect, but... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 648 pages
...have drawn it from the Lady Hungerford of his time, aided by the charm of his own imagination : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...free ;— Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eye but not my heart." In this apparently sweet neglect, but... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 pages
...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...hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me," &c.*&c. Miss Grizzy was in the utmost perplexity, between her inclination to urge something in extenuation... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 298 pages
...have drawn it from the Lady Hungerford of his time, aided by the charm of his own imagination :— " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes losely flowing, hair as free ;— Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast ; Stitl to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day, looking after A raven, feeding upon a quarter ; And, soon as she turn'd... | |
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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... 
