| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1842 - Страниц: 262
...world is not half so respectable as Aunty Parshalls standing on her dish-kettle ! 183 CHAPTER XLIV. A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. WORDSWORTH. THE love of dress is said by some to be the ruling passion of the female soul. This is... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - Страниц: 414
...Like a ladye from a far countree," and laid there by hands unseen on the counterpane of our crib, " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, hisses, tears, and smiles!" What flesh so exquisitely beautiful as wax! There is a delicacy in that... | |
| 1842 - Страниц: 452
...the difficulty he found in creating " a spirit, yet a woman too," ' ' A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food. For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Most readers turn with indifference from llose Bradwardine, Julia Manwaring, and a dozen others. Diana... | |
| Lucy Hooper - 1842 - Страниц: 304
...food ; For transient sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. And now we see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveler between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength,... | |
| Elizabeth Stone - 1843 - Страниц: 884
...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...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. WORDSWORTH. ON the ensuing morning, anxious to inquire after the health of his fair acquaintance of... | |
| 1843 - Страниц: 600
...view, A spirit, yet a woman too : Her household motions light and free And Ptep of viigin iiberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For humun nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears... | |
| Life - 1844 - Страниц: 308
...image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. 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. A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a spirit still and bright,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - Страниц: 606
...sweetest picture of woman that ever dawned on poet's brain. Stella was — " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles !" * • * * • " A being breathing thoughtful breath ; A traveller betwixt life and death ; A perfect... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1844 - Страниц: 456
...nurse. Phoebe might have .her faults, but we must take her as she was — A creature not too bright and good, For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. Unfortunately for her future happiness, she had attracted the notice of the lady of the manor, and... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - Страниц: 660
...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...; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill... | |
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