 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 432 pages
...erroneouly said to be a description of Donne's mistress, instead of the departed daughter of his friend. " Her pure and eloquent blood " Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, " That one might almost say her body thought." They are inscribed on a portrait of her, and from the appearance... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - Suffolk (England) - 1818 - 320 pages
...this chancel contains the mural monument to the memory of the lady of whom Dr. Donne observed, — Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her body thought. This figure of a young female is represented as large as life,... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Suffolk (England) - 1818 - 480 pages
...south-east corner of the chancel, is a mural monument to the memory of the lady, of whom Dr. Donne says, Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her budy thought. It consists of a basement about 3 feet high, on which, under... | |
 | Charles Edward Dodd - Rhine River Valley - 1818 - 908 pages
...of that transparent lustre of our countrywomen, which Doctor Donne's beautiful lines suit: — " The pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought." Striking beauty is, in fact, not the forte of the fair Germans... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...like is this lady, and how unlike is a Pict, to that description Dr. Donne gives of his mistress ? -He pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one would almost say her body thought.' ADVERTISEMENT. A. young gentlewoman of about nineteen years... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 380 pages
...natural colour, no vermilion 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... | |
 | Henry Fielding - Fiction - 1820 - 366 pages
...no vermilion could equal it. Then one might indeed cry out with the celebrated Dr. Donne: Her pnre and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her bod; thought. Her neck was long and finely turned: and here, if I was not... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 850 pages
...colour, no vermilion 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... | |
 | J. Deck - Bury St. Edmunds (England) - 1821 - 188 pages
...in a duel. A mural mo114 nument, in the chancel, commemorates the lady, of wh'om Dr. Donne said, " Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That oue might almost say her body thought." On this tahlet, a female figure is represented, with her head... | |
 | Charles Edward Dodd - German poetry - 1821 - 614 pages
...of that transparent lustre of our countrywomen, which Doctor Donne's beautiful lines suit:— " The pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought." I should not say, that striking personal charms were in general... | |
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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. 
