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" And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd, Each silver Vase in mystic order laid. First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly Image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes... "
The Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 45
by George Campbell - 1801
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...mauls a *bol, yet GOD is wise. VII.— The Toilet. AND now, unveil'd, the toilet stands displayed, Each silver vase in mystic order laid. First rob'd in white, the nympli intent adores, With head uncover'd the cosmetic powers. A heavenly image in the glass appears...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...voice, For ever singing, as they shine, " The hand that made us is divine." The Toilet — COWPER. AND now, unveil'd, the toilet stands display'd, Each...adores, With head uncover'd, the cosmetic powers. A heav'nly image in the glass appears ; To that she bends, to that her eye she rears. Th' inferior priestess,...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 6

Asia - 1818 - 706 pages
...syllable might enfeeble their best lines, still retain it, as may be seen in every page of Pope 5 " First rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the cosmetic powers." This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, " Nourished two locks, which graceful . hung behind In equal...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign ..., Volume 6

Asia - 1818 - 708 pages
...syllable might enfeeble their best linei, still retain it, as may be seen in every page of Pope ; " First rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the cotmetic pow. era." This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, " Nourish'd two locks, which graceful...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...man's a fool, yet GOD is wise VII.— The Toiled AND now •nveil'd, the toilet stands display'd, Rach silver vase in mystic order laid. First, rob'd in...nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd the cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly image in the glass appears ; To that she bends, to that her eye she rears, Th' inferior...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1822 - 404 pages
...toilet, in Pope's Rape of the Lock, is superlatively fine. And now unveil'd the toilet stands displ.iy'd, Each silver vase in mystic order laid First rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores, With heud uncover'd, the cosmetic pow'rs : A heav'nly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...suluti, Hie figit Zonam, capiti locat ille Coronam, I la.'!' manicis formam, plicis dat et altera normam, First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly Image in the glass appears, 125 To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears ;...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...one comfort still must rise ; 'Tis this : Though man's a fool, yet GOD is wise. VII.— The Toilet. AND now unveil'd, the toilet stands display'd, Each...nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd the cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly image in the glass appears ; To that she bends, to that her eye she rears. Th' inferior...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...to the end, The description of a lady's toilet, in Pope's Rape of the Lock, is superlatively fine. And now unveil'd the toilet stands display'd, Each...nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the cosmetic pow'rs : A heav'nly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears. Th'...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...doux; Wounds, charms, and ardours, were no sooner read, But all the vision vanish'd from thy head. uncover'd,the cosmetic powers. A heavenly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her...
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