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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. "
Twelve Essays - Page 138
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pages
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The Suffolk Garland: Or, a Collection of Poems, Songs, Tales, Ballads ...

James Ford - 1818 - 430 pages
...instead of the departed daughter of his friend. " Her pure and eloquent bkiod " Spoke in her checks, and so distinctly 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...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 37

British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...like is this lady, and how unlike is a Pict, to that description Dr. Donne gives of his mistress ? -He 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...
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces ..., Volume 19, Part 1

1820 - 380 pages
...natural 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...
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Volume 1

Henry Fielding - 1820 - 366 pages
...no vermilion could equal it. Then one might indeed cry out with the celebrated Dr. Donne: Her pnre and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her bod; thought. Her neck was long and finely turned: and here, if I was not afraid of offending her delicacy,...
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The novels of Henry Fielding ... complete in one volume. To which is ...

Henry Fielding - 1821 - 850 pages
...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...
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An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or Sketches of Courts, Society, and Scenery in ...

Charles Edward Dodd - 1821 - 614 pages
...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." I should not say, that striking personal charms were in general the portion of the fair Germans near...
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An autumn near the Rhine; or, Sketches of courts, society, scenery etc. in ...

Charles Edward Dodd - 1821 - 626 pages
...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." GERMAN WOMEN. 389 I should not say, that striking personal charms were in general the portion of the...
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A Guide to the Town, Abbey and Antiquities of Bury St. Edmunds: With Brief ...

J. Deck - 1821 - 188 pages
...in a duel. A mural mo114 nument, in the chancel, commemorates the lady, of wh'om Dr. Donne said, " Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That oue might almost say her body thought." On this tahlet, a female figure is represented, with her head...
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The novels of Henry Fielding ... complete in one volume. To which is ...

Henry Fielding - 1821 - 846 pages
...it. Then one might indeed cry out with the celebrated Dr Donne, Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke it her cheeks, 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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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 pages
...like is this lady, and how unlike is aPict, to that description Dr. Donne gives of his mistress ? • Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That cue would almost say her body thought. ADVERTISEMENT. A young gentlewoman of about nineteen years of...
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