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" Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles... "
The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations ... - Page 321
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Acts of Narrative

Carol Jacobs, Henry Sussman - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 300 pages
...the platonic Shaftesbury, in the figure of a Venus).14 We are informed that Belinda's perfection may "hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: /If to her share some Female Errors fall,/ Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all." These "faults" ask to...
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Hogarth's Harlot: Sacred Parody in Enlightenment England

Ronald Paulson - Art - 2003 - 460 pages
...the Platonic Shaftesbury, in the figure of a Venus).20 We are informed that Belinda's perfection may "hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: / If to her share some Female Errors fall, / Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all" (2.17-18). These "faults"...
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Designing Women: The Dressing Room in Eighteenth-century English Literature ...

Tita Chico - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 316 pages
..."bright Locks" (2.29), the poet addresses the reader: Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all. (2.15-18) Many readers...
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The Scandal of the Season: A Novel

Sophie Gee - Fiction - 2008 - 387 pages
...strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forgive 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction...
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