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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
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A Later Pepys: The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys ..., Volume 1

Sir William Weller Pepys - 1904 - 516 pages
...— " ' Made to engage all hearts, to charm all eyes, Though weak, magnanimous, though witty, wise ; Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good, as she the world had never seen. The nobler fire of an exalted mind With gentlest female tenderness combined....
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A Later Pepys: The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys ..., Volume 1

Sir William Weller Pepys - 1904 - 518 pages
...— " ' Made to engage all hearts, to charm all eyes, Though weak, magnanimous, though witty, wise ; Polite as all her life in courts had been, Yet good, as she the world had never seen. The nobler fire of an exalted mind With gentlest female tenderness combined....
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Wordsworth's Literary Criticism

William Wordsworth - 1905 - 292 pages
...virtue. 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 combined....
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The Ladies' Pageant

Edward Verrall Lucas - 1908 - 402 pages
...Virtue. 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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Her Infinite Variety: A Feminine Portrait Gallery

Edward Verrall Lucas - 1908 - 396 pages
...Virtue. 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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The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English Language

James Chapman - 378 pages
...Exercises. \ . 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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The Princess & the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the ...

Sue Ann Prince - 2005 - 160 pages
...an inscription that reads, "Her Highness the Princess of Dashkaw," along with the following lines, "Polite as all her Life in Courts had been /Yet Good as She the World had never seen." Skorodumov also made an unfinished family-portrait engraving that shows...
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Annual Register, Volume 17

Edmund Burke - 1778 - 578 pages
...had been; Yet good, as ihe the world had never fcen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind With gentleu female tendernefs combin'd. Her fpeech was the melodious...of love, Her fong the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was fweeter than her fong, Soft as her heart, and as her reafon Itrong. Her form each...
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The history of mr. Stanly and miss Temple, Volume 1

mr Stanly (fict.name.) - 1780 - 268 pages
...finer virtue. " Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes ; Tho' meek, magnanimous; tho' witty, wife; Polite, as all her life in courts had been; Yet good, as me the world had never feen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentleft female tendernefs combin'd....
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 8

1751 - 390 pages
...George Littleton, Efy; ter fi M ADE to engage til hearts, . -m:! charm ' meek, magnanimous ; tho' witty, wife! Polite as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good as (he the world had never feen : The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gcntleft female tendernefs combm'd....
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