Anna Seward quotes

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished. (Anna Seward)
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. View quote
Anna Seward
Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. View quote
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Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm. View quote
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Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain. View quote
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If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing. View quote
Anna Seward
Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. View quote
Anna Seward