Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Graced as thou art with all the power of words,

So known, so honoured at the House of Lords.

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SIR RICHARD STEELE.  1671-1729.

Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education.[297:3]

Tatler. No. 49.

Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.

Spectator. No. 266.

Footnotes

[297:3] Lady Elizabeth Hastings.