 Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought That one might almost say her body thought.  Twelve Essays - Page 138by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...glances, they advance to acts of courtesy, of gallantry, then to fiery passion, to plighting troth, and marriage. Passion beholds its object as a perfect...wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. Bomeo, if dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...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... | |
 | 1853 - 524 pages
...without appearing careless. Her having no manner of art in her mind, makes her want none in her person. " 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 - 1854 - 342 pages
...Burnet'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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 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 fascinating; at once expressive of good sense, tenderness,... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1855 - 334 pages
...conventional; of which all one can say is, that it is vastly better than negligence and unculture. 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... | |
 | Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1855 - 328 pages
...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... | |
 | Mary (Queen of Scots) - 1855 - 306 pages
...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 574 pages
...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... | |
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