A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature, not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. The Guardian - Stran 1671855Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1845 - 778 strani
...reflected the lovely image — " A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food, For transient aorrows, simple wiles... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 498 strani
...her, in a very low voice, the following. " 1 saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman top ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Helen thought Lady Blanche must be a charming creature if she was like this picture ; but somehow,... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 strani
...way.lay. I saw her upou nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman t"o ! Her household motions light and mn, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which...sweet ; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; 1'or transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, bUme, love, kisses, tears, and... | |
| Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1835 - 910 strani
...entertainment of the reader. CHAPTER XVIII. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. WORDSwORTH. THE end of December had come. New year's day found and left them still in Duke Street.... | |
| 1835 - 616 strani
...siartle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motioní light and free, And steps of virgin liberty; A countenance...meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature nut too bright or good For hum, ;:; nature's daily food; For transient sorrows- simple wiles, Praise,... | |
| 1836 - 436 strani
...and the cheerful Dawn ; A Jancing Shape, an linage gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too! Her household...daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, IVaise, •blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1836 - 368 strani
...brightest, liveliest dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not... | |
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 strani
...its noon hath past, Increasing as Life's sun goes down, Ev'n till it has look'd its last. I SAW her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her...good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. THE VAN1TY OF FAME. As vapours... | |
| 1837 - 898 strani
...countrce," and laid there by hands unseen on the counterpane of our crib, " A creature uot too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles 1 " What flesh so exquisitely beautiful as wax ! There is a delicacy in that material, to the inexperienced... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 strani
...poetry, as in society ; and take the place assigned to us as women — As creatures not too bright or good, For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles !* We are represented as ruling by our feminine attractions, moral or exterior, the passions and imaginations... | |
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