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" I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits: If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance. "
American Literature - Page 32
by Katharine Lee Bates - 1897 - 351 pages
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The Female Poets of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 pages
...of Independence. FROM THE PROLOGUE TO THE FOUR ELEMENTS. I aм obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For euch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll say,...
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The Female Poets of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 450 pages
...noble poet Dana, who traces his lineage through one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. If what I do prove well, it won't advance-- They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. But this weak knot they will full soon untie— The Greeks did naught...
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The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse

Anne Bradstreet - 1867 - 536 pages
...my hand a needle better fits, A Poets pen all fcorn I mould thus wrong, For fuch defpite they caft on Female wits : If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'l fay it's ftoln, or elfe it was by chance. 6. But fure the Antique Greeks were far more mild...
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Female Poets of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1872 - 542 pages
...tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A p jet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For »uch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild , Else of our sex...
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Education, Volume 33

1918 - 694 pages
...then they said. (2). From Anne Bradstreet's Four Elements. I am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all...prove well, it won't advance — They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. American Notes — Editorial The Harvard "University Begister" recently...
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The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County ..., Volume 4

Justin Winsor - 1881 - 808 pages
...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue : — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance...
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The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County ..., Volume 4

Justin Winsor - 1881 - 786 pages
...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue: — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance...
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A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical ...

Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...ANNE BRADSTREET. From THE PROLOGUE TO "THE FOUR ELEMENTS." 1 am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all...prove well, it won't advance— They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild, Else of our sex...
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The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County ..., Volume 4

Justin Winsor - 1883 - 754 pages
...each carping tongue. Who says my liaml a needle butter tits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits,...do prove well, it won't advance ; They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance." A little poem on her children, and another to a bird in contemplation,...
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A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 pages
...and epitaphs ends the book. early day, upon the proper sphere of woman, for Mistress Anne says, — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my...They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance." We print a few lines from "An Elegie upon that Honourable and renowned Knight, Sir Philip Sidney, who...
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