...negligence and unculture. Imogene was an exceptional being — she reminded one of the lines of Dryden — Her pure and eloquent blood spoke in her cheeks ; And so distinctly wrought, You might have almost said her body thought. She was so instinct with feeling and intelligence. You...

...Immortall Maid," a most beautiful piece of description. Her pure, and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheekes, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say, her body thought. All human knowledge, continues Donne, is ignorance. The new learning casts doubt upon everything. Have...

...ELEGIES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL. The Second Anniversary. Line 245. We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and...wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. Elegy 8. The Comparison. She and comparisons are odious. BEN JONSON. 1574-1637. To Celia. [From " The...

...instinct in every part with the spirit and intelligence of moral life. " We understood Her by her sight ; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and...wrought, That one might almost say her body thought." Hence her father describes her as " a maiden never bold j of spirit so still and quiet, that her motion...

...who has also celebrated her memory in an elegy, in which these remarkable lines occur : " ' • . . Her pure and eloquent blood, Spoke in her cheeks,...distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.1 " Ibid., Vol. ii. p. 7., art. HAWSTED CHURCH. Curious Use of Glass, — " Hawsted House,...

...Bumet's. 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 fascinating; at once expressive of good sense, tenderness,...

...colour, no vermilion could equal it. Then one might indeed cry out with the celebrated Dr. Donne : Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and...wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. Her neck was long and finely turned : and here, if I was not afraid of offending her delicacy, I might...

...she illustrated these words of one of the old bards — ' Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in lier cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought ! ' ' Welcome, maiden, from thy blessed slumbers ! Thou art now well, and my heart is glad because...

...was next her chin, • Some bee had stung it newly. Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her checks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. Her neck was long and finely turned : and here, if I was not afraid of offending her delicacy, I might...

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