 His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with grey.  Knight's Penny Magazine - Page 101844Full view - About this book
 | English essays - 1799 - 352 pages
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 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1774 - 254 pages
...beard was th' equal grace Both of his wifdom and his face ; In cut and dye fo like a tile, .A fudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mix'd with grey. This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of feeptres and of crown* : .\Vith grizly type did reprefent... | |
 | 1778 - 336 pages
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 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...Butler has transmitted to posterity in the following lines : ' His tawny beard was th" equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like...The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange raixt with grey.' The whisker continued for some time among us after the expiration of beards ; but... | |
 | 1803 - 422 pages
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 | English essays - 1803 - 418 pages
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 | 1804 - 412 pages
...Butler has transmitted to posterity in the following lines: ' His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudd«n view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mixt with gray.'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...we shall discuss : Then listen, Sirs, it follows thus : 240 His tawn^ beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face , In cut and dye so like a tile, A sndden view it would beguile : The uppper part thereof was whey ; 245 The nether, orange mix'd with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...posterity in the following lines : ' His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his tact ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would...The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mixt with grey/ The whisker continued for some time amotig us alter the expiration of beards ; but... | |
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