Anna Seward Zitate auf Englisch

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Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.

Anna Seward

Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.

Anna Seward

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.

Anna Seward

To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson!

Anna Seward

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Anna Seward

Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.

Anna Seward