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" Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. "
The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Page 192
by British essayists - 1819
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The Spectator: ...

Great Britain - 1778 - 378 pages
...pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and fo diftinctly wrought, • That one would almoft fay her body thought. 'ADVERTISEMENT. ' A young gentlewoman...about nineteen years of age (bred in the family of a perfon of quality lately deceafed) who paints the nneftflefh-colour,wantsa place, and is to be heard...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 508 pages
...pure and eloquent blood " Spoke in her cheeks, and fo diftinfitly wrought, " That one would almoft fay her body thought." ADVERTISEMENT. A young gentlewoman...about nineteen years of age (bred in the family of a perfon of quality, lately deceafed) who paints the fineft fl?fh-colour, wants a place, and is to be...
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British Theatre: Tamerlane, by N. Rowe. 1792. The revenge, by Edward Young ...

John Bell - English drama - 1792 - 316 pages
...too is to make prophets quite forget their hea-ven, and bind the poets with eternal rapture, i Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought That one might almost say her body thought. You, for whose body God m.idc better clay, Or took souls' stuff,...
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...its object as a perfect unit. The soul i» wholly embodied, and the body is wholly ensouled. ' Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her body thought.' Borneo, if dead, should be cut up into little stars, to make the...
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The Beaux Stratagem: A Comedy

George Farquhar - 1797 - 466 pages
...too is to mahe prophets quite forget their heaven, and bind the poets with eternal rapture. ——Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought That one mighe almost say her body thought. You, for whose body God made betcer clay, Or took souls. stuff,...
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Gleanings in England, Volume 2

Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 pages
...of a box of the ear, was the very lady, " whose * eloquent blood" Donne so celebrated " — — Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.'* »— and in this very Hawsted Church are the said eloquent-blooded...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...like is this lady, and how unlike is a Pict, to that description Dr. Donne gives of his mistress? Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so...wrought, That one would almost say her body thought. 4 ADVERTISEMENT. ' A young gentlewoman of about nineteen years of age (bred in the family of a person...
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The Universal magazine, Volume 11

1809 - 596 pages
...confusing her mi mi poet has well described her: and dissipating her attention, on the Нет pure an<l eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one could almost say her body jng to their worth, and to arrange thought. them according to their place....
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Tom Jones

Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 664 pages
...colour, no vermillion could equal it. Then one might indeed cry out with the celebrated 'Dr. Donne: Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought. Her neck was long and finely turned : and here, if I was not afraid...
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The Remarks of Jeremiah Jingle

Jeremiah Jingle - American wit and humor - 1807 - 200 pages
...appearing careless. Her having no manner of art in her mind, makes her want none in her person. " Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so...wrought, That one would almost say her body thought." It ^.. It will not be wondered at, that I should be so much in earnest in making my jemarks on this...
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