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! ”

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

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

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

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. ”