 But he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the wellenchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the...  Boys and their ways, by one who knows them - Seite 213von Boys - 1880 - 331 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 390 Seiten
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh to you with a tale, which holdeth children from play,...the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue 3 ; even * The lines alluded to are in " Love's Labour's Lost." They sre these : " Aged ears play truant... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 Seiten
...with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which holdcth children from play, and old men from the chimneycorner;1 and pretending no more, doth intend... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 496 Seiten
...described? One thinks of Sir Philip Sidney's plea for the true poet : " With a tale, forsooth, he corneth unto you : with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner." The tale proceeds in vivid and fascinating narrative ; and what I wish to lay stress... | |
 | Sydney Whiting - 1855 - 458 Seiten
...added Sir Philip Sidney's quaint description of what a poet ought to be ; who winds up as follows : " He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play ; he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 Seiten
...with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh...children from play, and old men from the chimneycorner; 1 and pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the... | |
 | 1856 - 374 Seiten
...with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and, pretendinp no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is most often • 3 brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. 1554-1586. The Defence of Poesy. He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner. I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglass, that I found not my heart moved more than with a... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - 1856 - 418 Seiten
...October 8, 29, St. Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park. THE LIFE OF SIR THOMAS OVERBURY. " He cometh upon you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner." SIR P. SIDNEY'S Defence of Poesy. HE tale of Sir Thomas Overbury is indeed one of fearful mystery.... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - 1856 - 400 Seiten
...Gttotn-8, • 89, St. 1ttrU$ Craetxt, Rtgnt'i P*rk. \ I THE LIFE OF SIR THOMAS OVERBURY. " He cometh upon you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-comer." SIR F. SIIINEV'H Defence of Potty. TIE tale of Sir Thomas Overbury is indeed one of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 Seiten
...with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh...from wickedness to virtue, even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste. For even... | |
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