| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 512 páginas
..." to realise two sweet extremes of womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines— ' A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or t'ood For human nature's daily food — For transient sorrows, simple ivilrs, Praise, blame, love,... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 páginas
...sight are spiritualized — and yet, as Wordsworth divinely saith, are they " Creatures not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, I'raise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles !" We are in love — as an old man ought to be —... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 832 páginas
...if less, is also more than an angel of romance. She is Wordsworth's PORTRAIT drawn at-full length. " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smile«. And now, I gee with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine : A... | |
| 1833 - 388 páginas
...only one since Shakspeare who could have dramatised it. When Faust first meets her, she is indeed " A spirit — yet a woman too ; Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liherty : A countenance in which did meet Sweet records —promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright... | |
| 1833 - 1034 páginas
...fruitage, " not too bright and good For human nature's daily food ;" for fruitage, say at once, females, " For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles!" We are carried in among his— Comedies ; and what Bevies of Beauty I We mingle with " the gay creatures... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1834 - 352 páginas
...himself, and then stopping before Lady Cecilia, repeated to her, in a very low voice, the following. " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Helen thought Lady Blanche must be a charming creature if she was like this picture ; but somehow,... | |
| William Finden, Edward Francis Finden - 1834 - 234 páginas
...МП К WILt.S. IKMS.K. Ы.\МГ. IiíVE. KJSShS. TKAKS. ASÍ» SMH.TS L TiI.a. .' Г :it W. tJ^í-i A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. WOBDSWOHTH. MEN say there is a gentle flower,* That, born beneath an eastern sky, Without the gift... | |
| 1834 - 784 páginas
...have possessed the mind of Wordsworth when he spoke of the woman that a man might indeed love, as " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food. For gentle sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." How exquisitely English... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1834 - 246 páginas
...stopping before Lady Cecilia, repeated to her, in a very low voice, the following: — *' I saw her uoon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light ana free. And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as... | |
| 1845 - 778 páginas
...nature's daily food, For transient aorrows, simple wiles Praise, blame, lore, kisses, team and smiles. " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, The temperate... | |
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