 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
 | Ulrich Broich - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 252 pages
...Belinda/Arabella was not meant to be the object of overt satire. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux....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... | |
 | American essays - 1894 - 926 pages
...in the unknown friends whose hearts answer to your own, though you have never heard their voices." Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux. Now...beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace. And calls forth all the wonders of her... | |
 | Laura Brown - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 220 pages
...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, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. (1. 138-44) Again, necessary ornamentation... | |
 | Colin Nicholson, Professor Colin Nicholson - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 252 pages
...Elephant unite, Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux....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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows. Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux....Beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rises in her charms, 140 Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace. And calls forth all the wonders of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux....beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rises in her charms, 140 Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 220 pages
...ope at once, and here The various Offrings of the World appearHere Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux....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... | |
 | John Carrington - English literature - 2003 - 344 pages
...elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, Bibles, billet-doux....beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her... | |
 | Pat Rogers - Literary Criticism - 2007
...the "superstresses" somewhere other than on the rhymes. Here is one possibility: 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. If we emphasize the carefully chosen verbs... | |
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