Thomas De Quincey Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets (Harmondsworth, 1970) p. 131.
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Her eyes were not soft, as Mrs. Wordsworth's, nor were they fierce or bold; but they were wild and startling, and hurried in their motion. Her manner was warm and even ardent; her sensibility seemed constitutionally deep; and some subtle fire of impassioned intellect apparently burned within her.
— Thomas De Quincey
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Her eyes were not soft, as Mrs. Wordsworth's, nor were they fierce or bold; but they were wild and startling, and hurried in their motion. Her manner was warm and even ardent; her sensibility seemed constitutionally deep; and some subtle fire of impassioned intellect apparently burned within her." in the context of "Thomas De Quincey Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets (Harmondsworth, 1970) p. 131." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Dorothy Wordsworth
Dorothy Wordsworth (December 25 1771 – January 25 1855) was an English diarist, travel-writer and catalyst in the writing of her brother William Wordsworth's poems. Her diaries were a direct source of some of Wordsworth's best-known lines.
About Dorothy Wordsworth
Dorothy Wordsworth (December 25 1771 – January 25 1855) was an English diarist, travel-writer and catalyst in the writing of her brother William Wordsworth's poems. Her diaries were a direct source of some of Wordsworth's best-known lines.
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