John Durant Breval

Name: The Art of Dress: a Poem
Author: John Durant Breval

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“The Art of Dress: a Poem”, published in 1717, is a work by John Durant Breval. It explores elements such as Ripen'd, Brown Sugar and White Breasts.

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ Nor could the World compleater Models show;
But cruel Death (ah, Monster, too unkind!)
Has left but half that Conqu'ring Race behind.
Tho' most condemn the Fair that's over-nice,
Too great Neglect is oft an equal Vice:
Th' establish'd Belle some Privilege may take,
Affect loose Airs: and counterfeit the Rake;
May lay the Necklace, and the Drops aside,
Half comb her Locks, and all her Linnen hide;
But no such License is to Those allow'd,
Whose undistinguish'd Forms make up the Crowd.
How plain soe'er you Dress, be throughly clean,
Nor let the Smock be foul, because unseen ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ Could the long Order of the sleeping Fair,
Freed from Death's Chain, once more breath Vital Air,
With Envy would they blush, with Rage to See,
Their Fashions foils to Thine; themselves to Thee.
Our next unhappy Stuarts pav'd the Way,
For Caledonian Dames to come in play;
Beauties that shifted hardly once a Week,
For Cleanliness, alas! to them was Greek!
Now follow'd Canting Puritans in Shoals,
Who spoil'd our Bodies, as they damn'd our Souls ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ If you are wise, you'll not Brown Sugar slight,
The Browner (if I form my Judgment right)
A deep Vermillion Tincture will dispence,
And make your Piffin redder than the Quince.
When this is done, there will be wanting still,
The just Reserve of Cloves and Candy'd Peel;
Nor can I blame you, if a Drop you take
Of Orange-Water, for Perfuming-sake.
But here the Nicety of Art is such,
There must not be too little, nor too much
If with Discretion you these Costs employ,
They quicken Appetite; if not, they cloy. ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ Red yields to Fair, and Black excells the Brown;
Some ask a plenteous Store of scented Grains;
Some, none at all; and please with little Pains:
Those, wanting Order, scarce endure the Test,
And These, in careless Favorites are best. ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ OU, for whose Perusal the following POEM was chiefly intended, have the justest Claim to its Patronage; and next to those who have Painted your Natural Beauties, he that treats of your Acquired Charms has doubtless a Right to your Favour; Female DRESS, though touch'd upon lightly in Many excellent Pieces, has not, that I know of, ever been wholly the Subject of One ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ When Time has Ripen'd all Their growing Charms,
And Form'd each Princess for a Monarch's Arms;
Their People's Hearts, as Thou dost Thine possess,
And Learn from Thee to Govern, and to Dress.
FINIS.
↑ The first Saxon King of Kent. ↑ His Neice. See, Milton's History of England. ↑ The King of Britain. ↑ The Welch Mountains. ↑ First, sole Monarch of England. ↑ The first Danish King of England, who married Emma, Widow of King Ethelred. ↑ King Henry II. ↑ Infanta of Spain, Wife, first to Prince Arthur; and then to his Brother, Henry VIII. ↑ Hatfield. ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ O be not, be not tempted, Lovely Nell,
While the hot-piping Odours strongly smell,
While the delicious Fume creates a Gust,
To lick th' o'erflowing Juice, or bite the Crust.
You'll rather stay (if my Advice may Rule)
Until the Hot's corrected by the Cool;
'Till you've infus'd the luscious Store of Cream,
And chang'd the Purple, for a Silver Stream ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ Be that as it will, all he Aims at is, bringing you over betimes to his Interest, since the Cavalier Criticks will always go in with your Censure, or Praise, and those who are not so, will neither be courted, nor fear'd by
Your constant Admirer ”

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John Durant Breval, The Art of Dress: a Poem (1717)

“ Addison, occasion'd by the Death of the Earl of Halifax. Price 6 d.
XIII. The Kit-Cats. A Poem on the Rise, and Progress of the Kit-Cat Club. By Sir Richard Blackmore. Price 1 s.
XIV. The Hoop-Petticoat. An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Two Books. By Mr. Joseph Gay. Price 1 s.
XV. Court Poems, viz. The Basset-Table; The Drawing-Room; The Toilet. The Worms, &c. By Mr. Pope. Price 6 d.
XVI. Beauty and Virtue: A Poem on the Death of the Countess of Sunderland. By Mr. Chute. Price 6 d.
XVII. Mr. Pomfret's Poems; viz. The Choice. Love Triumphant over Reason. ”

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