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

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

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None but the brave deserves the fair. Dryden.—Alexander’s Feast, Verse 1.	1
Is she not passing fair? Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV. Scene 4. (Silvia to Julia.)	2
Oh! what perfections must that virgin share, Who fairest is esteem’d, where all are fair! Prior.—Henry and Emma, Line 72. Tom Moore.—Sovereign Woman, Vol. IX. Page 413.	3
Oh, you paragon!—Angels must paint to look as fair as you. Reynolds.—The Dramatist, Act IV. Scene 1.	4
Is not she more than mortal can desire? As Venus lovely, and as Dian chaste? Lee.—Alexander the Great, Act I. Scene 1.	5
What is so fair, so exquisitely good? Is she not more than painting can express, Or youthful poets fancy when they love? Rowe.—The Fair Penitent, Act III. Scene 1.	6
He loved her foul, that he might make her fair. Augustine.—On Christ’s Love to his Church.	7