 As scriv'ners draw away the bankers' trade. Howe'er, the poet 's safe enough to-day, They cannot censure an unfinish'd play. But, as when vizard-mask appears in pit, Straight every man who thinks himself a wit Perks up, and, managing his comb with grace,...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 107by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Frederick William Fairholt - Clothing and dress - 1846 - 640 pages
...giving the following among other quotations in illustration of it: " But as when vizard mask appears in pit, Straight every man, who thinks himself a wit, Perks up ; and managing his numb with grace, With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face." Dryden's Prologue to Almamor and... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...poet's safe enough to-day, They cannot censure an unfinished play. But, as when vizard-mask appears in pit, Straight every man, who thinks himself a wit,...sets off his nut-brown face ; That done, bears up to the prize, and views each limb, To know her by her rigging and her trim ; Then, the whole noise of... | |
 | Frederick William Fairholt - Clothing and dress - 1860 - 638 pages
...the following among other quotations in illustration of it : — " But as when vizard mask appears in pit, Straight every man, who thinks himself a wit,...grace. With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face." DryJrn's Prologue to Alman^or and AlmahUe. " The gentlemen stay but to comb, madam, and will wait on... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...in pit, Straight every man who thinks himself a wit Pecks up, and, managing his comb with grace, 15 With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face ; That done, bears up to the prize, and views each limb, To know her by her rigging and her trim ; Then, the whole noise of... | |
 | English literature - 1875 - 642 pages
...one of these in the pit — Straight every man who thinks himself a wit, Perks nj>, and managing hU comb with grace, With his white wig Sets off his nut-brown face. For it was the fashion of the gentlemen to toy with their soaring, large-curled periwigs, smoothing... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - Clothing and dress - 1876 - 602 pages
...Charles II.'s time, and continued till the reign of Queen Anne: " But as when vizard mask appears in pit, Straight every man who thinks himself a wit Perks...grace, With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face." Dry den, Prologue to Almanzor and Ahnahide. " The gentlemen stay but to comb, madam, and will wait... | |
 | Edward Dutton Cook - Drama - 1876 - 346 pages
...thus equipped, the ladies vOL. r. c wore vizard-masks, and upon the appearance of one of these in the pit — Straight every man who thinks himself a wit,...managing his comb with grace, With his white wig sets on: his nut-brown face. For it was the fashion of the gentlemen to toy with their soaring, large-curled... | |
 | Dutton Cook - Theater - 1876 - 346 pages
...upon the appearance of one of these in the pit — Straight every man who thinks himself a wit, Porks up, and managing his comb with grace, With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face. For it was the fashion of the gentlemen to toy with their soaring, large-curled periwigs, smoothing... | |
 | English periodicals - 1882 - 778 pages
...: About her all the flattering sparks are ranged, &c. And again : But as when vuard mask appears in pit, Straight every man who thinks himself a wit Perks...sets off his nut-brown face ; That done, bears up to the prize and views each limb, To know her by her rigging and her trim, &c. The gentlemen of the time... | |
 | Jacob Larwood - Actors - 1882 - 346 pages
...appearance of a masked lady — it was the fashion then for ladies to wear vizard-masks — in the pit, " Straight every man who thinks himself a wit...grace, With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face." Wig combs, made of the most beautiful tortoiseshell, and fancifully engraved with flowers and birds,... | |
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