Excerpt from Devout Exercises of the Heart, in Meditation and Soliloquy, Prayer and Praise She assumed the poetical name of Philomela, [the nightingale] under which her productions were ushered into the world; whether by her own choice, or at the instance of her friends, as a compliment to her merit, cannot be ascertained. From her known modesty the latter seems most probable and that desiring her name might be concealed, the appellation of t'lomela was sub stituted for it, ashappily allusive to the mellifiu ous strains of ...
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Excerpt from Devout Exercises of the Heart, in Meditation and Soliloquy, Prayer and Praise She assumed the poetical name of Philomela, [the nightingale] under which her productions were ushered into the world; whether by her own choice, or at the instance of her friends, as a compliment to her merit, cannot be ascertained. From her known modesty the latter seems most probable and that desiring her name might be concealed, the appellation of t'lomela was sub stituted for it, ashappily allusive to the mellifiu ous strains of her poetry, which bear a resem blance to the plaintive notes of the nightingale, according to the description of the great Milton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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