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, POPE. Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? 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? POPE. POPE. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village. 16. Beppo! that beard of thine becomes thee not; It should be shaved before you're a day older! 17. He had that grace, so rare in every clime, BYRON'S Beppo. 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, For they are like but unto golden hooks, SPENSER'S Sonnets. 2. Why should the sacred character of virtue 3. Mislike me not for my complexion, DENNIS. The shadow'd liv'ry of the burnish'd sun, 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. SHAKSPEARE. 6. What is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful! Or is the adder better than the eel, 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, That almost awes me. DRYDEN. 9. The gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, Contains the shining treasure of a soul, 10. Tho' the fair rose with beauteous blush is crown'd, Beneath her fragrant leaves the thorn is found; DRYDEN. GAY'S Dione. 11. Not always actions show the man: we find Who combats bravely is not therefore brave ;— 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, 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 Can only o'er the surface close; 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 : The purest pearl may bide:- T. MOORE. MRS. OSGOOD. 21. Who will believe? not I, for in deceiving FITZ-GREEN HALLECK. 22. "Tis not the fairest form that holds 23. Angel forms may often hide Spirits to the fiends allied. R. DAWES. MRS. M. ST. LEON LOUD. 24. Think not, because the eye is bright, And underneath the sunniest smile 3. 1. APPETITE-DINNER-HUNGER, &c. Our stomachs 2. He was a man of an unbounded stomach. Famine is in thy cheeks, SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. Need and oppression stareth in thine eyes, Upon thy back hangs ragged misery; 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. 5. 6. 7. They would defy That which they love most tenderly; SHAKSPEARE. Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage 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. BUTLER'S Hudibras. For finer or fatter Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter. 8. Critiqu'd your wine, and analyz'd your meat, Yet on plain pudding deign'd at home to eat. GOLDSMITH. POPE'S Moral Essays. 9. The tankards foam; and the strong table groans THOMSON. |