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" Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong... "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 60
edited by - 1779
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Delphine, Volume 3

Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1836 - 250 pages
...transcribing:— " Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes, Though meek, magnanimous, though witty, wise; Polite, as all her life in courts had been; Yet good, as she the world had never seen; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tenderness combin'd:...
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Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volume 3

Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1841 - 322 pages
...how sweet, how duteous, how full of promise. He remembered all he had trusted she would become, — Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good as she the world had never seen :— contemplating, with the indulgence of high enlightenment, the weaknesses...
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Ormington, or Cecil, a peer [signed N. or M.].

Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1842 - 964 pages
...how sweet, how duteous, how full of promise. He remembered all he had trusted she would become, — Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good as she the world had never seen : — contemplating, with the indulgence of high enlightenment, the weaknesses...
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Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volume 2

Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1842 - 214 pages
...how sweet, how duteous, how full of promise. He remembered all he had trusted she would become, — Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good as she the world had never seen : — contemplating, with the indulgence of high enlightenment, the weakness...
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The Drawing-room magazine: or, Ladies book of fancy needlework and choice ...

1848 - 650 pages
...LYTTLETON. MADE to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes ; Though meek, magnanimous ; though witty, wise ; Polite, as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tenderness combin'd....
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Temptation and atonement, and other tales

Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1847 - 372 pages
...auspicious. — Her dress, though simple in form and chaste in colour, was of rich materials ; her nature — Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good, as she the world had never seen. Though a dear lover of order, she was indulgent to the little irregularities...
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Temptation and Atonement, and Other Tales, Volume 3

Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 364 pages
...auspicious. — Her dress, though simple in form and chaste in colour, was of rich materials ; her nature — Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good, as she the world had never seen. Though a dear lover of order, she was indulgent to the little irregularities...
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The Illustrated Magazine of Art

1853 - 444 pages
...! " Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes, ' Though meek, magnanimous, though witty, wise ; Polite, as all her life in courts had been, Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentlest female tenderness combin'd....
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A collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, on the most ..., Page 77

Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...— " Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes ; Though meek, magnanimous ; though witty, wise ; Polite, as all her life in courts had been, Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind With gentlest female tenderness combined....
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What Men Have Said about Woman: A Collection of Choice Sentences

1865 - 380 pages
...Pope. Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes ; Though meek, magnaminous ; though witty, wise ; Polite, as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tenderness combined...
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