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

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

Adorn


She came adorned hither like sweet May. Shakespeare.—King Richard II., Act V. Scene 1. (Speaking of his Queen.)	1
Th’ adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill; ’Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kill. Cowley.—The Waiting-Maid, Verse 4.	2
A poet, naturalist, and historian, who scarcely left any style of writing untouched, and touched nothing that he did not adorn. Dr. Johnson.—Epitaph on Goldsmith, from Croker’s translation.	3