[Ads-l] soft soap froth (flattery) 1820 (unconfirmed)

[Stephen Goranson]

ALMACK'S<https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002357/18200624/018/0003>
... given to compliments I own, They're but the bubbles of our riper days, Which by the breath of flattery are blown From soft-soap froth, to pass for honest praise— To captivate the fancy, while we view The swollen nothing, and its gaudy hue. Woman is certainly ...
Published: Saturday 24 June 1820
Newspaper: New Times (London)<https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=New%20Times%20(London)>
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3012 | Page: 3

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