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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 [comprising Essays, 1st ser.]. - Page 138
by Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849
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A letter to Uvedale Price, Esq., [by] H. Repton, A letter to H. Repton, Esq ...

Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 420 pages
...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 you might almost say her body thought. The well-known answer of a Grecian lady, is not a less high...
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Philosophical Essays

Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 pages
...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,...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 20

John Britton - 1813 - 1036 pages
...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,...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 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 age...
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The prose works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...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,...
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Modern manners; or, A season at Harrowgate

1817 - 692 pages
...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...
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The Suffolk Garland: Or, a Collection of Poems, Songs, Tales, Ballads ...

James Ford - 1818 - 432 pages
...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...
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Excursions in the County of Suffolk: Comprising a Brief Historical ..., Volume 1

Thomas Cromwell - 1818 - 320 pages
...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,...
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An Autumn Near the Rhine: Or, Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. in ...

Charles Edward Dodd - 1818 - 908 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." Striking beauty is, in fact, not the forte of the fair Germans near the Rhine — but they have often...
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Suffolk, Or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and ...

Frederic Shoberl - 1818 - 480 pages
...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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