 | 1809 - 594 pages
...as Jh>: joint triumph of intellect' and sweet temper. A fine old poet has well described her : Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That cannot be derived from experience; she owes it to a tad so fine as enables her to seize on the... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 574 pages
...features, but the joint triumph of intellect and sweet temper. A fine old poet has well described her: Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That cne could almost say her body thought. •* Her conversation, like her countenance, is compounded... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...After the exercise of our riding to the Falls, Charlotte was exactly Dr. Donne's mistress: - " Her pure and eloquent blood " Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, " That one would almost say her body thought." Her eyes are fascinatmg ; at once expressive of good... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...Her body was th* clectrum, and did hold Many degrees of that; we understood Her by her sight ; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might .almost say, IKT bodj thought ; She, she thus richly and largely hous'o'.ls'gbne, And... | |
 | Hannah More - 1810 - 504 pages
...features, as the joint triumph of in; tellect and sweet temper. A fine old poet has well described ier. Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one could almost say her body thought. Her conversation, like her countenance, is compounded oF... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - Landscape gardening - 1810 - 420 pages
...appearance, and the inward feelings of the mind: but no Ethiopian poet could say of his mistress, , Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That you might almost say her body thought. The well-known answer of a Grecian lady, is not a less... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - Aesthetics - 1810 - 420 pages
...appearance, and the inward feelings of the mind : but no Ethiopian poet could say of his mistress, Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke In her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought> .That yon might almost say her body thought. The well-known answer of a Grecian lady, is not a less... | |
 | Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1810 - 310 pages
...features, as the joint triumph of intellect and sweet temper. A fine old poet has well described her : Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one could almost say her body thought. Her conversation, like her countenance, is compounded of... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...south-east corner of the chancel, is a mural monument to the memory of the lady, of whom Dr. Donuc says, Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost sajher hody thought. It consists of a basement about 3 feet high, on which, under... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...After the exercise of our riding to the Falls, Charlotte was exactly Dr. Donne's mistress. •' " Here pure and eloquent blood " Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, " That one would almost say her body thought." Her eyes are fascinating ; at once expressive of good... | |
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Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. 
