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85. HOR. Ars Poet. ver. 319.
'--When the sentiments and manners please, And all the characters are wrought with ease, Your tale, though void of beauty, force, and art, More strongly shall delight, and warm the heart; Than where a lifeless pomp of verse appears, And with sonorous trifles charms our ears.'
(Francis).

86. OVID, Met. ii. 447.
'How in the looks does conscious guilt appear!'
(Addison).

87. VIRG. Ecl. ii. 17.
' Trust not too much to an enchanting face.   '
(Dryden).

88. VIRG. Ecl. iii. 16.
'What will not masters do, when servants thus presume?'

89. PERS. Sat. v. 64.
PERS. From thee both old and young with profit learn The bounds of good and evil to discern.
CORN. Unhappy he, who does this work adjourn, And to to-morrow would the search delay: His lazy morrow will be like to-day.
PERS. But is one day of ease too much to borrow?
CORN. Yes, sure; for yesterday was once...   Virgil

Excerpt from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series · This quote is tagged Beauty · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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