12. In diamonds, curls, and rich brocades She shines the first of batter'd jades, And flutters in her pride. 13. Say, will the falcon stooping from above, 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? 16. Beppo! that beard of thine becomes thee not; It should be shaved before you 're a day older! POPE. POPE. POPE. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village. BYRON'S Beppo. 17. He had that grace, so rare in every clime, Of being, without alloy of fop or beau, A finish'd gentleman, from top to toe. BYRON'S Don Juan. 18. But, next to dressing for a rout or ball, Undressing is a woe. BYRON'S Don Juan. APPEARANCE. 1. Trust not the treason of those smiling looks, Until you have their guileful trains well tried, SPENSER'S Sonnets. 2. Why should the sacred character of virtue DENNIS. 3. Mislike me not for my complexion, SHAKSPEARE. 4. A man may smile and smile, and be a villain. SHAKSPEARE. 5. All that glitters is not gold, Gilded tombs do worms enfold. 6. What! is the jay more precious than the lark, SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. 7. So the blue summit of some mountain height, PATTISON. 8. He has, I know not what, Of greatness in his looks, and of high fate, DRYDEN. 9. The gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, Contains the shining treasure of a soul, Resolv'd and brave. DRYDEN. 10. Tho' the fair rose with beauteous blush is crown'd, Beneath her fragrant leaves the thorn is found; The peach, that with inviting crimson blooms, GAY's Dione. 11. Not always actions show the man: we find POPE'S Moral Essays. 12. She speaks, behaves, and acts just as she ought, 13. POPE'S Moral Essays. Your thief looks, in the crowd, Exactly like the rest, or rather better; BYRON'S Werner. 14. That this is but the surface of his soul, And that the depth is rich in better things. BYRON'S Werner. 15. Full many a stoic eye and aspect stern BYRON'S Corsair. 16. How little do they see what is, who frame Their hasty judgments upon that which seems. 17. The deepest ice that ever froze SOUTHEY. BYRON'S Parisina. 18. As a beam o'er the face of the water may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be ting'd with a warm sunny smile, -19. Appearance may deceive thee - understand, A pure white glove may hide a filthy hand. 20. Within the oyster's shell uncouth 21. Who will believe? not I, for in deceiving T. MOORE. MRS. OSGOOD. Lies the dear charm of life's delightful dream; 24. Think not, because the eye is bright, 1. APPETITE - DINNER - HUNGER, &c. Our stomachs Will make what's homely, savoury. SHAKSPEARE. 2. He was a man of an unbounded stomach. SHAKSPEARE. 3. Famine is in thy cheeks, Need and oppression stareth in thine eyes, The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Read over this, and after this, and then To breakfast with what appetite you have. SHAKSPEARE. 5. They would defy 6. That which they love most tenderly; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard thro' their nose. He bore A paunch of mighty bulk before, Which still he had a special care BUTLER'S Hudibras. To keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare. For finer or fatter BUTLER'S Hudibras. 7. Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter. GOLDSMITH. 8. Critiqu'd your wine, and analyz'd your meat, Yet on plain pudding deign'd at home to eat. POPE'S Moral Essays. 9. The tankards foam; and the strong table groans THOMSON. |