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" of the frippery and finery which they substitute for simplicity, and sometimes decency ; unconscious that it is the sweetest charm that can adorn their persons, and that beauty " wants not the foreign aid of ornament, but is, when unadorned, adorned the... "
The Mysteries of St. Clair; Or, Mariette Mouline ... - Seite 254
von Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 624 Seiten
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Observations on the Western Parts of England: Relative Chiefly to ...

William Gilpin - 1798 - 414 Seiten
...adventitious ornaments; fufficiently blefled with its own fweet groves and folitude. Such landfcape Needs not the foreign aid of ornament; But is, when unadorned, adorned the moft, This happy retirement was once facred to religion. Verging towards one fide of the valley Hand...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on ..., Band 15

1802 - 442 Seiten
...far more apparent than the graceful simplicity of the lovely Rosalind. The maxim " loveliness " Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, " But is, when unadorned, adorned the most' ' should ever be present to the recollection of this lady. The fault alluded to was obvious to the...
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Airs of Palestine: A Poem

John Pierpont - 1816 - 96 Seiten
...another will tell me, that the simplicity of the Gospel is above decoration—that "loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorned, adorned the most." My reply is brief, for I find the subject has led me farther than I at first intended to follow it—it...
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Marriage

Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 334 Seiten
...of the opinion of our inimitable bard, who, in his charming poem, the Seasons, says,' Beauty needs not the foreign aid of ornament; but is, when unadorned, adorned the most.' That is a truth that ought to be impressed on every young woman's mind." Lady Juliana only stared....
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The highland castle, and the lowland cottage, Band 3

Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1820 - 266 Seiten
...at,tire: true," and she turned towards the youthful wife with a soul-subduing smile, f Loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.' Yet in this world of ours a certain compliance with custom is requisite." "I thought, lady Beaumont,...
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The Munster Cottage Boy: A Tale ...

Regina Maria Roche - 1820 - 322 Seiten
...saw all the native charms he admired; she verified indeed the poet's remark, that " loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is, when unadorned, adorned the most."— He found her what her modest dress and mild air bespoke—gentle, unassuming, yet intelligent; aiming...
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The highland castle, and the lowland cottage, Band 3

Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1820 - 266 Seiten
...at-tire: true," and she turned towards the youthful wife with a soul-subduing smile, ' Loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most/ Yet in this world of ours a certain compliance with custom is requisite." "I thought, lady Beaumont,...
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The Mysteries of St. Clair; Or, Mariette Mouline ...

Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 Seiten
...was neat, simple, and becoming, and. would have been a model for some of our English ladies, instead of the frippery and finery which they substitute for...unadorned, adorned the most." '' Yes," again repeated Sir Walte*, " by my sword and buckler, he is a fine chopping fellow, this grandsop of yours, friend Michael,...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Band 1

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 Seiten
...the case, I supposed that some foolishly fond parents, not believing the poet, that " Beauty needs not the foreign aid of ornament; But is when unadorned adorned the most," had thus decked out their youthful offspring, partly from pride, and partly from speculative interest,...
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Marriage. A Novel

Susan Ferrier - 1825 - 286 Seiten
...of the opinion of our inimitable bard, who, in his charming poem, the Seasons, says, ' Beauty needs not the foreign aid of ornament; but is, when unadorned, adorned the most.' That is a truth that ouo'ht to be impressed on every young woman's mind." Lady Juliana only stared....
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