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Page 71
... Beauty alone could beauty take so right : Her dress , her shape , her matchless grace , Were all observ'd , as well as heav'nly face . With such a peerless majesty she stands , As in that day she took the crown from sacred hands ...
... Beauty alone could beauty take so right : Her dress , her shape , her matchless grace , Were all observ'd , as well as heav'nly face . With such a peerless majesty she stands , As in that day she took the crown from sacred hands ...
Page 396
... beauty , as they are used properly or improperly ; but in strong passions always to be shunned , because passions are serious , and will admit no playing . The French have a high value for them ; and , I confess , they are often what ...
... beauty , as they are used properly or improperly ; but in strong passions always to be shunned , because passions are serious , and will admit no playing . The French have a high value for them ; and , I confess , they are often what ...
Page 404
... beauty of his thoughts will infallibly be lost , which appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion ... beauty by the innovation of words ; in the first place , not only their beauty , but their being is lost , where they ...
... beauty of his thoughts will infallibly be lost , which appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion ... beauty by the innovation of words ; in the first place , not only their beauty , but their being is lost , where they ...
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