 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...SONG. STILL to be neat, s^till to be dress'd As you were going to a. feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfumed ; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though,...are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. (Jive me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 408 pages
...farthing a yard." As she left the room, Belinda heard Clarence Hervey repeat to lady Delacour — " Give me a look, give me a face, " That makes simplicity a grace ; " Robes loosely flowing, hair as free '' he paused — but Belinda recollected the remainder of the stanza — " Such sweet neglect more... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 322 pages
...farthing a yard." As she left the room, Belinda heard Clarence Hervey repeat to lady Delacour — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free " he paused — but Belinda recollected the remainder of the stanza — " Such sweet neglect more taketh... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - London (England) - 1825 - 286 pages
...had you in his eye when he composed that song;' then in a voice like thunder^ she chanted forth— ' Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace. Robes looselt flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me." Miss Grizzy was in the utmost perplexity,... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1827 - 428 pages
...but they could never improve it. Egad, Sydenham, she reminds me of those lines of Ben Jonson's:— " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...free; Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art, That strike mine eye, but not my heart.'' " Bravo!" said T ; " Robes loosely... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1827 - 440 pages
...they could never improve it. Egad, Sydenham, she reminds me of those lines of Ben Jonson's : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art, That strike mine eye, but not my heart.'' " Bravo !" said T ; " Robes loosely... | |
 | Charles White - English fiction - 1827 - 616 pages
...they could never improve it. Egad, Sydcnham, she reminds me of those lines nt Ben Jonson's : — •' Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace. Robes loosely flowing, hair an free ; Such sweet neglect mure takcth me, Than all th* adulteries of art, Tliut strike mine eye,... | |
 | Charles White - English fiction - 1827 - 244 pages
...they could never improve it. Egad, Sydenham, she reminds me of those lines of Ben Jonson's : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a gniec. liobes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...drest As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. (Jive me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust'—Shakspeare. MCCCXXVI. That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free: Such sweet neglects more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart.... | |
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Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes... 
