Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 1 |
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... honoured . Miss SEWARD was born in the year 1747 , and died on the 25th of March 1809. Her poetical works , accompanied with some part of her early literary cor- respondence , and a biographical memoir , have since been edited in three ...
... honoured . Miss SEWARD was born in the year 1747 , and died on the 25th of March 1809. Her poetical works , accompanied with some part of her early literary cor- respondence , and a biographical memoir , have since been edited in three ...
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... honoured from the pen of Mr Hayley . This eulogium appeared in several of the public prints . The fame of Lunardi's aërial tour must have reached you across the continent . Infinite seems the present rage " To be imprison'd in the ...
... honoured from the pen of Mr Hayley . This eulogium appeared in several of the public prints . The fame of Lunardi's aërial tour must have reached you across the continent . Infinite seems the present rage " To be imprison'd in the ...
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... honour to address you last , and , contrary to the general consequence of raised expectations , it promised no more than it performed . Nothing can be more just than your general censure of the poetic violations of natural history . Yet ...
... honour to address you last , and , contrary to the general consequence of raised expectations , it promised no more than it performed . Nothing can be more just than your general censure of the poetic violations of natural history . Yet ...
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... honour that queen of the lyre : O Jove , he exclaim'd , if I wielded thy thunder , I wou'd frighten the sculptor who ruins my hope , Sure never did artist commit such a blunder , He has sent me a NEWTON instead of a POPE . In the ...
... honour that queen of the lyre : O Jove , he exclaim'd , if I wielded thy thunder , I wou'd frighten the sculptor who ruins my hope , Sure never did artist commit such a blunder , He has sent me a NEWTON instead of a POPE . In the ...
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... honour to purpose placing on each side Romney's picture Such intoxicating flattery has your muse put into the mouth of the supreme philosopher , that I feel more delight to know that my portrait is near him , than even that it should be ...
... honour to purpose placing on each side Romney's picture Such intoxicating flattery has your muse put into the mouth of the supreme philosopher , that I feel more delight to know that my portrait is near him , than even that it should be ...
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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