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"Bedizen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thou'rt such an awkward mortal:' [he saw me affected, and thought to make me smile:] 'but we don't make ourselves, except it be worse by our dress. Thou art in mourning now, as well as I: but if ever thy ridiculous turn lead thee again to be beau-brocade, I will bedizen thee, as the girls say, on my return, to my own fancy, and according to thy own natural appearance——Thou shalt doctor my soul, and I will doctor thy body: thou shalt see what a clever fellow I ...
— Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson
... tatters, traces of oil and candle-grease everywhere. When for the first time I set foot in one of these supposed charming nooks, I was shocked; but the mistresses of the house detected nothing. Their persons are in harmony with the surroundings. Mirrors being very rare, the women bedizen themselves with tinsel, the bizarre effect of which they have no means ...
— Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century • W. H. Davenport Adams |
Words linked to "Bedizen" : fancy up, tog up, adorn, prink, beautify, tog out, deck out, deck up, grace, trick out, embellish, ornament, fig up, attire, gussy up, decorate, overdress, trick up, get up, dizen, fig out, dress up, rig out |
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