 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...beauty gains: That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the firft in virtue, as in race! Oh! if to dance all night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old age away; Who would not fcorn what hufwife's cares produce., ; Or who would learn one earthly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...all our pains, Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the firft in virtue, as in face ! Oh ! if to dance all night, and drefs all day, Oharm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old age away.; Who would not fcorn what hufwife's cares produc*Or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...our pains, 15 Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the firft in virtue as in face ! Oh...night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old age away ; Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 242 pages
...our pains, 15 Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the firft in virtue as in face ! Oh...night, and drefs all day, Charm'd- the fmall-pox, or chas'd old age away ; Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...our pains, 15 Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains: That men may fay, when we the front box grace, Behold the firft in virtue as in face ! Oh...night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away; 20 Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...our pains, 1 5 Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front box grace, Behold the firft in virtue as in face ? Oh...night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away; ao Who would not fcorri what houfewife's cares produce Or who would learn one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...give," Oh ! if to dance all night, and drefs all day, Charm'd thefinall-pox,or chas'd old-age away; 20 Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly thing of ufe ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it fure be fuch a fin to paint. But fince, alas... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1767 - 294 pages
...all our pains, Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the firft in virtue, as in face ! Oh...to dance all night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pcx, or chas'd old-age away ; Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 290 pages
...pains, Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Oh ! if to dance all night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away ; Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...pains, *' Unlefs good ienfe preferves what beauty " gains: " That men may fay, when we the front-box " grace, *' Behold the firft in virtue as in face !..." Or who would learn one earthly thing of •"ufe? " To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, " Nor could it lure be fuch a (in to paint. *' But fince,... | |
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Who would not scorn what Housewife's Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint. But since, alas ! frail Beauty must decay... 
