"Sarsenet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... impudence," retorted Lambourne; "thou wouldst not compare thy pudding face, and sarsenet manners, to ...
— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott
... the pale Complexion; White to the Brown, and Dark to the Fair. On the contrary my Friend WILL., who pretends to be a greater Master in this Art than Ovid, tells me, that the palest Features look the most agreeable in white Sarsenet; that a Face which is overflushed appears to advantage in the deepest Scarlet, and that the darkest Complexion is not a little alleviated by a Black Hood. In short, he is for losing the Colour of the Face in that of the Hood, as a Fire burns ...
— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele |
