 She could discourse with virtuosos, travellers, scholars, merchants, divines, statesmen, and with good housewives in any kind; insomuch, that a prime and elegant wit, Dr. Donne, well seen in all humane learning, is reported to have said of this lady,...  Die schottische Nationalkirche, nach ihrer gegenwärtigen innern und äußern ... - Side 156af August Friedrich Leopold Gemberg - 1828 - 317 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 468 sider
...elegant wit, Dr. Donne, well seen in all humane learning, is reported to have said of this lady, ' that she knew well how to discourse of all things from ' predestination to slea-silk :' meaning, that although she was skilful in housewifery, and in such things, in which women are conversant... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 580 sider
...of her extensive knowledge, which comprehended whatever was fit to employ a lady's leisure, said, " that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination to slea-silk.t Constancy was so well known a virtue to her, that it might vindicate the whole sex from... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 800 sider
...of her extensive knowledge, which comprehended whatever was lit to employ a lady's leisure, said, " that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination to slea-silk.t Constancy was so well known a virtue to her, that it might vindicate the whole sex from... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 358 sider
...elegant wit, Dr. Donne, well seen in all humane learning, is reported to have said of this lady, ' that she knew well how to discourse of all things from predestination to slea-silk :' meaning, that although she was skilful in housewifery, and in such things in which women are conversant,... | |
 | Thomas Burton - 1828 - 618 sider
...of her extensive knowledge, which comprehended whatever was fit to employ a lady'* leisure, said, ' that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination to sea-silk.' She was strongly solicited to go to Whitehall after the Restoration, but she declined it,... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 sider
...prime and elegant wit, well seen in all human learning (Dr. Donne), is reported to have said of her, that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination down to slea-silk. If she had sought fame rather than wisdom, possibly she might have been ranked amongst... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 312 sider
...prime and elegant wit, well seen in all human learning," (Dr. Donne) " is reported to have said of her that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination down to slea-silk. If she had sought fame rather than wisdom possibly she might have been ranked among... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 sider
...prime and elegant wit, well seen in all human learning (Dr. Donne), is reported to have said of her, that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination down to slea-silk. If she had sought fame rather than wisdom, possibly she might have been ranked amongst... | |
 | 1846 - 140 sider
...housewives in any kind, insomuch that Dr. Donne is reported to have said of this lady in her younger years,, that she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination to slea silk. Her conversation was not only useful but also pleasant, as she would frequently bring out... | |
 | 1852 - 788 sider
...and copious memory, sound judgment, discerning spirit, and strong imagination." Dr. Donne declared that " she knew well how to discourse of all things, from predestination to slea-silk ;" that is to say, from matters of the gravest import to the graceful table-talk of womanhood. Yet... | |
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