 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 oldal
...of Independence. FROM THE PROLOGUE TO THE FOUR ELEMENTS. I aм obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For euch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll... | |
 | 1918 - 694 oldal
...then they said. (2). From Anne Bradstreet's Four Elements. I am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1881 - 808 oldal
...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue : — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1881 - 786 oldal
...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue: — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 oldal
...ANNE BRADSTREET. From THE PROLOGUE TO "THE FOUR ELEMENTS." 1 am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits; If what I do prove well, it won't advance— They'll... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 oldal
...and epitaphs ends the book. early day, upon the proper sphere of woman, for Mistress Anne says, — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my...better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on Female wits : If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll... | |
 | William Andrews - 1891 - 260 oldal
...that a woman had a right to wield a poet's pen, and to such she adverts in the following lines : " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my...better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits : If what I do prove well, it won't advance ; They'll... | |
 | 1892 - 780 oldal
...should refuse to indulge them in acting upon such principles. — Charles Grandison Finney. PROLOGUE. I AM obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my...better fits, A Poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on Female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'l... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1893 - 332 oldal
...that early day, upon the proper sphere of woman, for Mistress Anne says: — " I am obnoxious to eacli carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits. A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on Female wits : If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll... | |
 | Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association - 1893 - 460 oldal
...were contrary to what was expected of women, for in the prologue to her Four Elements she wrote : [ am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my hand a needle better liU. A. pout's pen all scorn I should thus bring, For such despite they cast on women's wits. If what... | |
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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits: If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance. 
