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The Auction (1778) [ People ]
… Enrag'd, upon a couch, her length she threw, And in these accents spoke her sad Adieu! “Wou'd I had dy'd before my Taste had shewn “A brilliant Pattern to an envious Town; “That now, ungrateful, triumphs in my pain; “Or worse, insults … sense to evening sacrifice; “O'er some old-fashion'd gaudy chimney plac'd, “Your Owner, bless'd with pride, but void of taste, “May leave your beauties to the dust a prey, “And let your orient colours fade away. “Ye silken Sofas, gay in …
Women | Beauty | Leisure
Anthology
On Female beauty (1774) [ Concepts ]
… in this respect; and even the same country thinks differently, at different times. The ancients had a very different taste from what prevails at present. The eye-brows joining in the middle was considered as a very peculiar grace, by …
Women | Beauty
Anthology
Drury Lane (1740) [ People / Places ]
… low Strokes of natural Humour in it, was rightly calculated for the Capacity of the Actors who play'd it, and to the Taste of the Multitude who were now more disposed and at leisure to see it: But the most happy Incident in its Fortune …
Theatre | Dress | Beauty
Anthology
Female beauty [ Taste & Manners ]
… used to advocate and challenge established moral virtues, cultural beliefs and women’s self-creation. Concepts > Taste & Manners Keywords Aesthetics Beauty Conduct Femininity Manners Women ‘Female beauty’, wrote Oliver Goldsmith in … Martin has suggested that ‘the physical and moral nature of femininity’ allowed women to ‘function at the height of taste’. 6 With the rise of the bourgeoisie and the growing emphasis on taste and manners , women were seen as the ideal templates of grace, beauty and social etiquette. However, they were …
Aesthetics | Beauty | Conduct | Femininity | Manners | Women
Encyclopedia
The Prelude (1850) [ Concepts ]
… look: the yew-tree had its ghost, That took his station there for ornament: The dignities of plain occurrence then Were tasteless, and truth's golden mean, a point Where no sufficient pleasure could be found. Then, if a widow, staggering …
Poetry | Friendship | Beauty
Anthology