 Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise,...  Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry - Page 186edited by - 1791Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1760 - 270 pages
...powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms, The Fair each moment rifes in her charms, Repairs her fmiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders df her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blufh arife, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The bufy... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...keep this be.utiful machinery in the reader's eye : for after the poet has faid, that the fair heroine Repairs her fmiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face f> He immediately fubjoins, The bufy fylphs furround their darling care, Thefe fet the head, and thofe... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1767 - 250 pages
...amore. Induit arma ergo, Veneris pulcherrima virgo ; Pulcherior in praefens tempus de tempore crefcens ; Repairs her fmiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls...the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blufh arife, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The bufy Sylphs furround their darling care... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1767 - 250 pages
...Elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled, and the white. Here files of pins extend their fliming rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux....beauty puts on all its arms, The fair each moment rifes in her charms, Inferior claram Pythonifla apparet ad aram, Fertque tibi caute, dicatque Superbia!... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1770 - 294 pages
...Lefbia dente j liunc maculis nuns, hivei jacetille coloris. Hie Here files of pins extend their fhining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux....beauty puts on all its arms, The Fair each moment rifes in her charms, Repairs her fmiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1770 - 378 pages
...Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their mining rows, Pnffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rifes in her charms, 140 Repairs her fmiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796
...awful beauty puts on all its arms; The fair eac)i moment rises in hsr charms, 14* Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 410 pages
...yonder box. .The Tortoife here and Elephant unite, 135 Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their mining rows, Puffs,...its arms ; The fair each moment riles in her charms, 140 Repairs her fmilcs, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779
...yonder box. The Tortoife here and Elephant unite, 135 Transform'd to combs, the fpeckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their mining rows, Puffs,...Billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; Tr:e fair each moment rifes in her charms, 140 Repairs her finiles, awakens every grace, And calls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...unite, 135 Transform'd to combs, the ipeckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their fliinmg rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux....beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rifes in her charms, '. c Repairs her finiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders... | |
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