 She very early discovered a fondness for rhyme, and took pleasure in clothing her friendly and pious sentiments in a poetic dress. And, what is very remarkable, though strictly true, she composed her pieces, generally, while engaged in the common business...  Poems, on Various Subjects - Page 3by Isabella Oliver - 1805 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American literature - 1866 - 176 pages
...performance. "She is," says the writer, "the daughter of James Oliver, Esq., long an inhabitant of Cumberland County, a worthy citizen, an eminent mathematician,...never received any thing more than a common English education. She very early discovered a fondness for rhyme, and took pleasure in clothing her friendly... | |
 | Brown University. Library, John Calvin Stockbridge - American poetry - 1886 - 362 pages
...OLIVER, (I.) Miss Isabella Oliver was the danghter of James Oliver, Esq., of Cumberland county, Penn., "a worthy citizen, an eminent mathematician, of whom...she was deprived when about fourteen years of age." Her opportunities for acquiring an education wore of the most limited character, and these poems were... | |
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