Anna Seward Quotes

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

  Anna Seward

  Fate, Blessing, Soul

  Anna SEWARD (1799). “Original Sonnets, on various subjects; and Odes paraphrased from Horace, by Anna Seward. Second edition”, p.14

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• Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

  Anna Seward

  Being Happy, Sigh, Let Me

  Anna Seward (1810). “Works”, p.73

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• If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.

  Anna Seward

  Girl, Education, Drawing

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

  Anna Seward

  Fading, Tides, Cold

  Anna Seward (1810). “Works”, p.82

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• 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

  Acquisition, Attention, Language

  Anna Seward (1810). “The Poetical Works of Anna Seward: With Extracts from Her Literary Correspondence”, p.13

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

  Anna Seward

  Records, Failing, Tenderness

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