 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1805 - 296 pages
...as you say her memory is good, she will be very agreeably employed this way. There are two cautions to be given on this subject: first, not to think herself...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 pages
...morning will bring this about much, sooner than you can imagine, and she will have leisure enough besides to run over the English poetry, which is a more important...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 374 pages
...bring this about much sooner than VOL. iv. o you can imagine, and she will have leisure enough besidei, to run over the English poetry, which is a more important...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...her a linguist than to enable her to read books in their originals, that are often corrupted, and an beudes to run over the English poetrv, which is a more important E art of a wp.nin'a education than... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 454 pages
...ignorant fellows upon earth. True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. I would nofarther wish her a linguist than to enable her to read books...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, vhen I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 386 pages
...originals, that are often corrupted, and are always injured by translations. Two hours' applicatoin every morning will bring this about much sooner than...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...every morning will hring this ahout much sooner than you can imagine, and she will have leisure enongh beside, to run over the English poetry, which is a more important part of a woman's education than is generally supposed. Many a young damsel has been ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...morning will bring this about much sooner than you can imagine, and she will have leisure enough besides to run over the English poetry, which is a more important...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...morning will bring this about much sooner than you can imagine, and she will have leisure enough besides to run over the English poetry, which is a more important...ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Women - 1853 - 946 pages
...morning will bring this about much sooner than you can imagine, and she will have leisure enough besides ch thou mayst boast Was never ransomed — never lost....hovering angels touch the string, And seraphs spread the laughed at if she had known it had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved... | |
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Two hours' application every morning will bring this about much sooner than you can imagine, and she will have leisure enough beside, to run over the English poetry, which is a more important part of a woman's education than it is generally supposed.... 
