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 A winning wave, (deserving note.)
 In the tempestuous petticote,
  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye
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 A winning wave, (deserving note.)
 In the tempestuous petticote,
  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye
   I see a wilde civility,--
    Doe more bewitch me than when art
     Is too precise in every part. 
 In naked beauty more adorned
 More lovely than Pandora.  
 In naked beauty more adorned
 More lovely than Pandora. 
 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
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 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
  Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
   On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
    If he married a woman with nothing to wear?" 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for read more 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness
   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
    But is, when unadorn'd the most. 
 Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
 [Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]  
 Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
 [Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.] 
 He was a wight of high renowne,
 And thosne but of a low degree;
  Itt's pride that read more 
 He was a wight of high renowne,
 And thosne but of a low degree;
  Itt's pride that putts the countrye downe,
   Man, take thine old cloake about thee. 
 He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she 
abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she read more 
 He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she 
abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests; and he will 
smile upon her, which will now be so unsuitable to her 
disposition, being addicted to a melancholy as she is, that it 
cannot but turn him into a notable contempt. 
 Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back
 Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course
  Yea, rags read more 
 Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back
 Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course
  Yea, rags most beggarly, they clothe the soul. 
 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, read more 
 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to 
see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits."