 ... bear up your esteem. And though nothing is so vain as the eager pursuit of empty applause, yet to be well thought of and to be kindly used by the world, is like a glory about a woman's head ; 'tis a perfume she carrieth about with her, and leaveth...  The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady - Page 2661751Full view - About this book
 | Cookery - 1737 - 770 pages
...Woman's Head, it is a Perfume (he carries about her, and leaves wherever (he goes ; it is a Charm againft Ill-will. Malice may empty her Quiver, but cannot wound ; the Dirt will not ftick, the Jefts will not take : Without the Confent of the World a Scandal does not go deep, it is... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1772 - 402 pages
...head ; it is a perfume me carries about with her, and leaves where-ever me goes; it is a charm againft ill-will. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot...will not take. Without . the confent of the world a fcandal does not go deep ; it is only a flight ftroke upon the injured party, and returns with the... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...perfume she carries about with her, and leaveth wherever she goeth; it is a charm against its will. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot wound; the dirt will not stick, the jests will not tak»; without the consent of the world, a scandal doth not go deep; it is... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...perfume she carries about with her, and leaveth wherever she goeth; it is a charm against its will. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot wound; the dirt will not stick, the jests will not take; without the consent of the world, a scandal doth not go deep; it is... | |
 | 1841 - 272 pages
...like a glory about a woman's head. 'Tis a perfume she carrieth about with her; 'tis a charm against ill-will. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot wound : the dirt will not stick — the jests will not take. Without the content of the world, a scandal doth not go deep : it... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...perfume she carries about with her, and leavcth wherever she goeth ; it is a charm ngainst its will. er and deeper flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent. stick, the jests will not take ; without the consent of the world, a scandal doth not go deop ; it... | |
 | Quotations - 1873 - 530 pages
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 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...in our minds. — Jane Porter. SCANDAL.. Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection. — Byron. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot wound ; the dirt will not stick, the jests will not take. Without the consent of the world, a scandal doth not go deep; it is... | |
 | Helen Charlotte Foxcroft - Great Britain - 1898 - 614 pages
...it is a perfume she carrieth about with her and leaveth wherever she goeth ; it is a charm against ill-will. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot wound ; the dirt will not stick ; the jests will not take. Without the consent of the world a scandal doth not go deep ; it is... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 512 pages
...; 'tis a perfume she carrieth about with her, and leaveth wherever she goeth ; 'tis a charm against ill-will. Malice may empty her quiver, but cannot wound ; the dirt will not stick, the jests will not take ; without the consent of the world a scandal doth not go deep ; it is... | |
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