 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
 | 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 - English literature - 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... | |
 | College readers - 1994 - 1954 pages
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 | 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... | |
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