He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she
abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests; and he will
smile upon her, which will now be so unsuitable to her
disposition, being addicted to a melancholy as she is, that it
cannot but turn him into a notable contempt.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Maria at II, v)
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Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
Emblem right meet of decency does yield.
William Shenstone
Quotes , Source: The Schoolmistress (st. 6)
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Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone,
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear an old grey coat,
All buttoned down before.
Rupert Simms
Quotes , Source: Bibliotheca Stafforiensis
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She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a
pitchfork.
Jonathan Swift
Quotes , Source: Polite Conversation (dialogue I)
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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
Fell carelessly behind.
Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)
Quotes , Source: Self-Tormentor (act II, sc. 2)
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So for thy spirit did devise
Its Maker seemly garniture,
Of its own essence parcel pure.--
From grave simplicities a dress,
And reticent demureness,
And love encinctured with reserve;
Which the woven vesture would subserve.
For outward robes in their ostents
Should show the soul's habiliments.
Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so,
But better Fair I use to know.
Francis Thompson
Quotes , Source: Gilded Gold (st. 2)
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O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein,
But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,
And heightens ease with grace.
James Thomson (1)
Quotes , Source: Castle of Indolence (canto I, st. 26)
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Her polish'd limbs,
Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd the most.
James Thomson (1)
Quotes , Source: Seasons--Autumn (l. 202)
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She's adorned
Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--
The truest mirror that an honest wife
Can see her beauty in!
John Tobin
Quotes , Source: The Honeymoon (act III, sc. 4)
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How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore
That painted coat, which Joseph never wore!
He shows, on holidays, a sacred pin,
That touch'd the ruff, that touched Queen Bess' chin.
Edward Young
Quotes , Source: Love of Fame (satire IV, l. 119)
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Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
Edward Young
Quotes , Source: To Mr. Pope (epistle I, l. 283)
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