 | Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1824 - 312 pages
...— Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the...attitudes, and the exquisite symmetry of her form, would have rendered her an invaluable study for a painter. Her daily doings would have formed a series of... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - English essays - 1825 - 312 pages
...— Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow! But her great personal beauty, the charm,...above all, her evident innocence of heart, were bribes of indulgence which no one could withstand. I never heard her blamed by any human being. The perfect... | |
 | Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 pages
...— Oh she was a sad romp; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow! But her great personal beauty, the charm,...attitudes, and the exquisite symmetry of her form, would have rendered her an invaluable study for a painter. Her daily doings would have formed a series of... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1832 - 410 pages
...forest ? Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the...above all, her evident innocence of heart, were bribes of indulgence which no one could withstand. I never heard her blamed by any human being. The perfect... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 pages
...— Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the...attitudes, and the exquisite symmetry of her form, •would have rendered her an invaluable study for a painter. Her daily doings would have formed a series of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 pages
...— Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the...attitudes, and the exquisite symmetry of her form, •would have rendered her an invaluable study for a painter. Her daily doings would have formed a series of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 pages
...— Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the...lightness of her movements, and above all, her evident COUSIN MARY. 29 innocence of heart, were bribes to indulgence which no one could withstand. I never... | |
 | Aesthetics - 1834 - 428 pages
...skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her jretit personal beauty, the charm, grace, and lightness of her movements, and above all, her evident ii.nocence of hcurt, were bribes of indulgence which no one could withstand. I never heard Titr lUnjtd... | |
 | English fiction - 1835 - 356 pages
...— O, she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ; but her great personal beauty, the...attitudes, and the exquisite symmetry of her form, would have rendered her an invaluable study for a painter. Her daily doings would have formed a series of... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1841 - 856 pages
...? Oh she was a, sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the...above all, her evident innocence of heart, were bribes of indulgence which no one could withstand. I j never heard her blamed by any human being, j The perfect... | |
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And which of us has not found that the strongest, the healthiest, and most flourishing acquirement has arisen from pleasure or accident, has been in a manner selfsown, like an oak of the forest ? — Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt,... 
