 | 1851 - 568 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say " Guilt was a thing impossible with her." Her information various ; her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer.' " — Memoirs, vol. i. pp 100 -- 102. Here, and at Alfoxden, whither he removed, in 1797, to be near... | |
 | 1874 - 916 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say, ' Guilt was a thing impossible with her.' Her information various, her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature, and her taste a perfect electrometer." What Dorothy might have made of Coleridge as his wife, is a riddle without an answer : what she made... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1837 - 394 pages
...brightly, that who saw would say, " Guilt was a thing impossible in her." Her information various. Her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature...in, at subtlest beauties, and most recondite faults. She and W. desire their kindest respects to you. * * * Give my love to your brother Amos, I condole... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1847 - 418 pages
...brightly, that who saw would say, " Guilt was a thing impossible in her." Her information various. Her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature...in, at subtlest beauties, and most recondite faults. She and W. desire their kindest respects to you. Your ever affectionate friend, STC" "Stowey, Sept.,... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say, ' Guilt was a thing impossible with her.' Her information various; her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer." The astonishinginfluence exercised by Coleridge over the mind of Wordsworth appears in every page of... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 524 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say " Guilt was a thing impossible with her." Her information various ; her eye watchful in minutest observation of Nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer.' The occasional intercourse which the two poets enjoyed at Racedown, made them desirous of nearer intimacy... | |
 | 1851 - 778 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say, ' Guilt was a thing impossible with her.' Her information various ; her eye watchful in minutest observation of Nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer." In August of the same year the Wordsworths moved to Alfoxden, to be near Coleridge : — " ' Here we... | |
 | 1853 - 566 pages
...eye watchful in minutest observa* tion of nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer^— ifbends, protrudes, and draws in at subtlest beauties and most...wonderful things, but Coleridge was the only wonderful mttn he had even known. Coleridge then resided at Nether-Stowey, in Somersetshire, where the Wordsworth^,... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1856 - 450 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say, ' Guilt was a thing impossible with her.' Her information various, her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer." A desire of being nearer Coleridge induced them to move to Alfoxden, Somersetshire, where many of Wordsworth's... | |
 | George Brimley - 1858 - 376 pages
...brightly, that who saw her would say ' Guilt was a thing impossible with her.' Her information various ; her eye watchful in minutest observation of Nature ; and her taste a perfect electrometer. On the side of the Wordsworths the impression made by Coleridge was equally favourable, and their removal... | |
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... ordinary; if you expected to see an ordinary woman, you would think her pretty ! but her manners are simple, ardent, impressive. In every motion, her most innocent soul outbeams so brightly, that who saw would say, Guilt was a thing impossible in... 
