 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 sidor
...may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool. What need a vermeil-tinctur'd lip for that, Love-darting eves, or tresses like the... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 sidor
...may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool. What need a vermeil-tinctur'd lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 sidor
...wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home ; They had their name thence : Course complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to teaze the housewife's wool. What need a vermeil-tiiictnr'd lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses... | |
 | 1811 - 620 sidor
...wonder at tlie workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home ; They had their name thence : Course complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to teaze the housewife's wool. What need a vermeil-tmcttir'd lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 sidor
...may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence : coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will...vermeil-tinctur'd lip for that. Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the morn ? There was another meaning in these gift*.; Think what, and be advis'd ;... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 sidor
...may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will...vermeil-tinctur'd lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the Morn ? There was another meaning in these gifts ; Think what, and be advis'd ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 428 sidor
...twine " His braided train, and of his fatal guile " Gave proof unheeded."— Par. Lost, B IV, 1. 347. " coarse complexions, " And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply " The sampler, and to teaze the housewife's wool." Comus, I. 749. Henley. 2 Advocate 's the court-word for a pheasant ;]... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 446 sidor
..." His braided train, and of his fatal guile " Gave proof unheeded." — Par. Lost, b. iv. 1. 347. " coarse complexions, " And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply " The sampler, and to teaze the housewife's wool." Comus, 1. 749. HENLEY. 1 ADVOCATE'S the court-word for a PHEASANT ;] As... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 220 sidor
...may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will...sampler, and to tease the housewife's wool. What need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the Morn? There was another meaning... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sidor
...may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence ; Y1L or tresses like the morn ? There was another meaning in these gifts. Think what, and be advis'd, you... | |
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Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home... 
