A commission of haberdashers could alone have reported whatthe rest of her poor dress was made of, but it had a strong generalresemblance to seaweed, with here and there a gigantic tea-leaf.Her shawl looked particularly like a tea-leaf after long infusion.
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
1st Earl of Halifax
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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
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