 She, of whose soul, if we may say, 'twas gold, Her body was the electrum, 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, her...  The Splendid Advantages of Being a Woman - Страница 128по Charles James Dunphie - 1876 - 362 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 420 страници
...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 high... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 страници
...occurs in any cither association whatsoever. > % " Her pure and eloquent blood "Spoke in her cheek, and so distinctly wrought, " That one might almost say her body thought." To the peculiar intimacy of this connection, (which, as long as the beautiful object is under our survey,... | |
 | John Britton - 1813 - 1036 страници
...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 an ornamental arch,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 страници
...like is this lady, and how unlike is a Pict, to that description Dr. Donne gives of his mistress!* ' Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one would almost say her body thought.' ADVERTISEMENT. A young gentlewoman of about nineteen years of age... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 страници
...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 sense, tenderness,... | |
 | 1817 - 692 страници
...when Captain Nevison, alluding to her, exclaimed, " Her clear and eloquent blood Spoke in her face, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought." Than with which sentiment 1 think I cannot better close, particularly as I shall not make my readers... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1818 - 320 страници
...this chancel contains the mural monument to the memory of the lady of whom Dr. Donne observed, — Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and...wrought. That one might almost say her body thought. This figure of a young female is represented as large as life, lying upon a basement three feet high,... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 432 страници
...erroneouly said to be a description of Donne's mistress, instead of the departed daughter of his friend. " Her pure and eloquent blood " Spoke in her cheeks,...wrought, " That one might almost say her body thought." They are inscribed on a portrait of her, and from the appearance of the paint were most probably placed... | |
 | Charles Edward Dodd - 1818 - 908 страници
...of that transparent lustre of our countrywomen, which Doctor Donne's beautiful lines suit: — " The pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so...wrought, That one might almost say her body thought." Striking beauty is, in fact, not the forte of the fair Germans near the Rhine — but they have often... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1818 - 480 страници
...south-east corner of the chancel, is a mural monument to the memory of the lady, of whom Dr. Donne says, Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and...distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her budy thought. It consists of a basement about 3 feet high, on which, under an ornamental arch, lies... | |
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