Mr. Titmouse did, to a great degree, bedizen his back-but at the expense of his belly; whereas, the Corinthian exquisite, too often taking advantage of station and influence, recklessly both pampers his luxurious appetite within, and decorates his person without, at the expense of innumerable heart-aching creditors.
"Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1."
Samuel Warren
Sometimes people cover their heads with filth or ashes; and sometimes they bedizen them with crape and white streamers.
"The British Barbarians"
Grant Allen
Nor lightly deem, ye apes of modern race, Ye cits that sore bedizen nature's face, Of the more manly structures here ye view; They rose for greatness that ye never knew!
"Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3"
George Gilfillan