| Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 630 pages
...beloved again, And that of such a dame, as all men deemed Honoured, and made me happy in her favours. Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that...she never studied to be fairer Than nature made her ; beauty cost her nothing, Her virtues were so rare, they would have made An I .ilui'M beautiful :... | |
| Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 630 pages
...And that of such a dame, as all men deemed Honoured, and made me happy in her favours. F.xct cdins fair she was not ; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer Than nature made her ; beauty cost her nothing, Her virtues were so rare, they would have made An .T'.ihiop beautiful :... | |
| Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...belov'd again : And that of such a dame as all men deem'd Honour'd, and made me happy in her favours. Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that...she never studied to be fairer Than nature made her : beauty cost her nothing. Her virtues were so rare they would have made An Ethiop beautiful ; at least,... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...belov'd again: And that of such a dame as all men deem'd Honour'd, and made me happy in her favours. Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that...she never studied to be fairer Than nature made her : beauty cost her nothing. Her virtues were so rare they would have made An Ethiop beautiful ; at least,... | |
| Charles Whitehead - 1843 - 926 pages
...room opened, and a female, with a low curtsey to the stranger, presented herself. , 1 r .; CHAPTER XI. Exceeding fair she was not, and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer Than nature made her. Beauty cost her nothing. CHAFMAN. ONE might have judged at the first glance of the woman who now entered... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...enfold (With her alone) a complete world of gold." Gentleman Usher. Here is something very beautiful : " Exceeding fair she was not, and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer Than nature meant her; beauty oust her nothing." All Fools. Of Love he says : " Love is nature's second sun, Causing... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 430 pages
...words must needs discover They are but poor in that which makes a lover. Sir Walter Saleifi. VIRTUE. Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that...she never studied to be fairer Than Nature made her; beauty cost her nothing. Her virtues were so rare they would have made An Ethiop beautiful; at least... | |
| George Chapman - 1874 - 584 pages
...beloved again, And that of such a dame as all men deem'd Honour'd, and made me happy in her favours : Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that...she never studied to be fairer Than Nature made her ; beauty cost her nothing, Her virtues were so rare, they would have made An Ethiop beautiful : at... | |
| Association for the Advancement of Women - Women - 1877 - 404 pages
...symbolized by the Cherubim and the sword that turns every way. WOMAN AND HER TRIMMINGS. BY ELIZA S. TURNER. Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer Than nature meant her ; beauty cost her nothing. — Chapman. TIIE wo!f is a chasing animal, the monkey an imitating... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1891 - 1190 pages
...Alexandria. An ill weed grows apace.2 An Hnmorons Day's Mirth. Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.4 itld. Exceeding fair she was not ; and yet fair In that she never stndied to he fairer Than Natnre made her ; heanty eost her nothing, Her virtnes were so rare. Ali... | |
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