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" Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. "
The Lady's Magazine: Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ... - Page 290
edited by - 1807
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Poems, by Somerville, Pattison, Savage, Broome, and Swift, Issues 80-81

William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...fair-proportion'cl on her polisli'd limbs, veil'd ia a simple robe, their besV aUvce, beyond the pomp of dsess ; for loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorn'd adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, recluse amid, the close-embowering...
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The Seasons, Hymns, Ode, and Songs

James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...native grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, 2O5 But is when unadorn'd adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid...
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The Rhode-Island Literary Repository, Volume 1

Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...grace " Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, " Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, " Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness " Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, " But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. " Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, " Recluse amid the close...
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The young woman's companion; or, Female instructor [by J.A. Stewart].

J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...native grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn 'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...Sat, fair proportion'd, on htrpolisli'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, lieyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse, amid the close...
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The seasons; to which is added the life of the author

James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...native grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her pohsh'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, . Recluse amid the close-embowering...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...ornaments. A woman of consummate beauty can bear to be highly adorned, and yet shows best in a plain dress, For loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thomson's Autumn, 208. Congruity regulates not only the quantity of ornament,...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...native grace Sat, fair proportion'd, on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse, amid the close...
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The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence ...

James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her poKsh'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering...
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Young Gentleman and Lady's Explanatory Monitor: A Selection from the Best ...

Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...native grace. Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. The sweet Lavinia, at length, compell'd By strong Necessity's supreme...
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