44 APPAREL - DRESS - FASHION. Because his feathers are more beautiful? Or is the adder better than the eel, 7. Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. 8. Her polish'd limbs SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, THOMSON'S Seasons. 9. Let firm, well-hammer'd soles protect thy feet, Through freezing snows, and rain, and soaking sleet;— GAY'S Trivia. 10. Nor should it prove thy less important care, GAY'S Trivia. 11. Let beaux their canes with amber tipt produce; GAY'S Trivia. 12. In diamonds, curls, and rich brocades She shines the first of batter'd jades, And flutters in her pride. POPE. 13. Say, will the falcon stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? POPE. 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. 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, SPENSER'S Sonnets. 2. Why should the sacred character of virtue Shine on a villain's countenance? Ye powers! 3. Mislike me not for my complexion, The shadow'd liv'ry of the burnish'd sun, DENNIS. 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, 8. He has, I know not what, Of greatness in his looks, and of high fate, That almost awes me. 9. The gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, Contains the shining treasure of a soul, Resolv'd and brave. PATTISON. DRYDEN. 10. Tho' the fair rose with beauteous blush is crown'd, 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:- Within that rough outside. T. MOORE. MRS. OSGOOD. 21. Who will believe? not I, for in deceiving 1 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 |