Blush. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Blush


I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no. Shakespeare.—Coriolanus, Act I. Scene 9. (To his Generals.)	1
The rising blushes, which her cheek o’erspread, Are opening roses in the lily’s bed. Gay.—Dione, Act II. Scene 3.	2
The man that blushes, is not quite a brute. Dr. Young.—Night VII. Line 496.	3
Proceed, my son! this youthful shame expel; An honest business never blush to tell. Pope.—The Odyssey, Book III. Line 19.	4
In morals blameless, as in manners meek, He knew no wish that he might blush to speak. Cowper.—To the Memory of Dr. Lloyd, Line 11.	5
The blood within her crystal cheekes Did such a colour drive, As though the lillye and the rose For mastership did strive. Anonymous.—Fair Rosamond, 2 Percy Rel. 156.	6
If blush thou must, then blush thou through A lawn; that thou may’st look As purest pearls, or pebbles do, When peeping through a brook. Herrick.—The Hesperides; to Julia, No. 70, Amatory Odes.	7