Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 1 |
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... delightful , adorned as are its banks by numberless villages , vineyards , and the picturesque ruins of ancient castles ; yet the banks of the gentler Soane , between Macen and Lyons , charm- ed us still more , as being more various ...
... delightful , adorned as are its banks by numberless villages , vineyards , and the picturesque ruins of ancient castles ; yet the banks of the gentler Soane , between Macen and Lyons , charm- ed us still more , as being more various ...
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... , that I feel more delight to know that my portrait is near him , than even that it should be placed by the brilliant and harmonious Pope . How charm- of me . ing is your poetical gallantry ! If all the testimo- 28 LETTER VII.
... , that I feel more delight to know that my portrait is near him , than even that it should be placed by the brilliant and harmonious Pope . How charm- of me . ing is your poetical gallantry ! If all the testimo- 28 LETTER VII.
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... delight did I learn , from her condescending letters to me , of the return of her health , by the prescriptions of Dr Darwin , after those of the London and Bath physicians had failed ! Sincerely did I deplore the * sudden LETTER VIII ...
... delight did I learn , from her condescending letters to me , of the return of her health , by the prescriptions of Dr Darwin , after those of the London and Bath physicians had failed ! Sincerely did I deplore the * sudden LETTER VIII ...
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... delight , that the poetry on which they comment inspires ; but by what mi- racle of misconception is it , that he pronounces Milton to have had a bad ear !! Nothing can be more just than Mr Warton's observation that LETTER XII . 53.
... delight , that the poetry on which they comment inspires ; but by what mi- racle of misconception is it , that he pronounces Milton to have had a bad ear !! Nothing can be more just than Mr Warton's observation that LETTER XII . 53.
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... delight , worthy to be admitted into the number of angelic gratifications . Grate- ful to the purest nature must be the conscious- ness that we had employed the talents committed to our cultivation , in alleviating sorrow and care in ...
... delight , worthy to be admitted into the number of angelic gratifications . Grate- ful to the purest nature must be the conscious- ness that we had employed the talents committed to our cultivation , in alleviating sorrow and care in ...
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Adieu admire agreeable amiable amongst ANNA SEWARD Avignon bard beautiful benevolence blank verse celebrated character charming cold composition criticism dear delight Dewes Dr Johnson elegant envy Epic Poetry epithets excellence eyes fame fancy father feel flattering genius gentleman Gentleman's Magazine GEORGE HARDINGE Gibraltar glow graces happiness Hayley Hayley's heart honour hope hour idea imagination ingenious interest Knowles lady late LETTER Lichfield light literary Lord Lucy Porter lyre Madam March 25 Milton mind MISS WESTON Monody morning muse nature never nymph observe odes Ossian Paradise Lost passages perhaps Petrarch Piozzi pleasure poem poet poetic poetry praise prose regret rendered rhyme rocks scene sensibility Seward Shakespeare shew sonnet Sophia spirit style sublime sure sweet talents taste thou tion truth Vaucluse verse virtues Whalley WILLIAM HAYLEY wish writings youth