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" I will, only, tell you ; it is the powder that made Venus a goddess (given her by Apollo) that kept her perpetually young, cleared her wrinkles, firmed her gums, filled her skin, coloured her hair... "
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 187
1847
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

John Bell - 1780 - 436 pages
...private purfe, to the purchafe of it.' I will only tell you, it irthe powder that made Venus a goddefs, (given her by Apollo) ' that kept her perpetually...cleared ' her wrinkles, firmed her gums, filled her Ikin, coloured ' her hair;' from her derived to Helen, and at the fack of Troy unfortunately loft ;...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: The ..., Volume 1

Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...skin, •' colour'd her hair; from her, deriv'd to " Helen, and at the sack of Troy (untortu" nately) lost : till now, in this our age, it " was as happily recovered, by a studious " antiquary, out ot some ruins of Asia, who " sent a mo ety ot it to the court of France " (liut much sophisticated)...
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The modern British drama, Volume 3

British drama - 1811 - 696 pages
...to the purchase of it. I will only tell you, it is the powder fJoNSON, that maile Venus я goddess, О wom 8 . finned her gums, filled her skin, coloured her hair; from her, derived to Helen, and at the sack of...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 1

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...goddess, that kept her perpetually young, clear'd her wrinkles, firm'd her gums, fill'd her skin, colour'd her hair ; from her derived to Helen, and at the sack of Troy unfortunately lost : till now, as happily recovered, by a studious antiquary, out of some ruins of Asia. — Volpone. of the Latin...
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The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare

William Allan Neilson - 1911 - 900 pages
...clear d her wrinkles, firm 'a her gums, n'll'a her skin, oolour'd her hair ; from her de- [>u riv'd { @+ recover'd, by a studious antiquary, out of some ruins of Asia, who sent a moiety of it to the court...
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The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare

William Allan Neilson - 1911 - 898 pages
...wrinkles, firm'd her gums, till a her skin, colour'd her hair ; from her de- [*м riv'd to I li-li'n. and at the sack of Troy unfortunately lost: till now, in this our age, it was as happily recover'd, by a studious antiquary, ont of some ruins of Asia, who sent a moiety of it to the court...
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The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare

William Allan Neilson - 1911 - 900 pages
...wrinkles, firm'd her gums, filial her skin, colour'd her hair ; from her de- [*м riv'd to Helen, and ¡it the sack of Troy unfortunately lost : till now, in this our age, it was as happily recover'd, by a studious antiquary, out of some ruins of Asia, who sent a moiety of it to the court...
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The Commedia Dell'arte: A Study in Italian Popular Comedy, Volume 3

Winifred Smith - 1912 - 338 pages
...altogether to be despised, an object. Here is a powder concealed in this paper, that made Venus a goddess (given her by Apollo), that kept her perpetually young,...unfortunately lost; till now in this our age, it was happily recovered. . . . The rest of this present, remains to me, extracted to a quintessence, so that...
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Volpone: Or, The Fox

Ben Jonson - 1919 - 316 pages
...firm'd her gummes, fttl'd her skin, colour' d her haire; from her, deriu'd to HELEN, and at the fack of Troy (unfortunately) lost: till now, in this our age, it was as happily recouer'd, by a fludious Antiquarie, 260 out of fame mines of Afia, who fent a moyetie of it, to the...
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Typical Elizabethan Plays

Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1926 - 840 pages
...private purse to the purchase of it. I will only tell you ; it is the poulder that made Venus a goddess (given her *» by Apollo), that kept her perpetually...cleared her wrinkles, firmed her gums, filled her skin, colored her hair; from her derived to Helen, and' at the sack of A Venetian coin worth leu than twenty...
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