 | William Gilpin - 1798 - 414 psl.
...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... | |
 | 1799 - 616 psl.
...adventitious ornaments ; sufficiently blessed with its own, sweet groves and solitude. " Such landscape Needs not the foreign aid of ornament; But is, when unadorned, adorned the most." ' This happy retirement was once sacred to religion. Verging towards one side of the valley stand the... | |
 | 1802 - 442 psl.
...court lady, were 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 grossest... | |
 | 1807 - 350 psl.
...the countenance I had seen at the masquerade, the loose dishabille she now wore certainly did : -" Loveliness " Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, " But is when unadorned, adorn 'd the most." We sat late to supper, and Monsieur Parouty would on no account permit me to return... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 334 psl.
...is not 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.... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1820 - 322 psl.
...effect. In Albina he 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;... | |
 | Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1820 - 266 psl.
...artificers of female 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,... | |
 | Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1820 - 266 psl.
...artificers of female 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,... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1823 - 120 psl.
...always thought," replied one of the Exquisites, " these lines in Shakspeare very absurd, where he says ' Loveliness, Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.' For no fine woman ever looks half so well as when she wears diamonds, or other valuable ornaments."... | |
 | Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 psl.
...; 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 most." '' Yes," again repeated Sir Walte*, " by my sword and buckler, he is a fine chopping fellow, this grandsop... | |
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Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorned adorned the most. 
