 I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights, and giants, and monsters, and brave houses, which I found every where there (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with the tinkling...  The Works of Abraham Cowley - Page 229by Abraham Cowley - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...take some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie in my mother's parlour, (I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but of devotion ;) but there \\ -as won' to lie Spenser's works; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with... | |
 | Hubbard Winslow - 1859 - 574 pages
...my mother's parlor — I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any other book but of devotion — but there was wont to lie...knights, and giants, and monsters, and brave houses which 1 found every where there, (though my understanding had little to do with all this,) and, by degrees,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pages
...take some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie in my mother's parlor (I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but...monsters, and brave houses which I found everywhere these (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and by degrees with the tinkling of... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 pages
...accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but of devotion), but there was wont to lye Spenser's works ; this I happened to fall upon, and...monsters, and brave houses, which I found everywhere (though my understanding had little to do with all this), and by degrees, with the tinckling of the... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pages
...take some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie iu my mother's parlor (I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but of devotion), but there was wont to lye Spenser's works ; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...take some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie in my mother's parlour, (I Know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but of devotion;) but there was *vont to lie Spenser's works ; this I happened to fall upon, and jj ih was infinitely delighted with... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 240 pages
...take some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie in my mother's parlour (I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but...giants, and monsters, and brave houses, which I found every where there (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...take some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie in mv mother's parlour (I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but...devotion), but there was wont to lie Spenser's works. This 1 happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights, and giants,... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1870 - 366 pages
...as have never since left ringing there, for I remember there was wont to lie in my mother's pailour Spenser's works. This I happened to fall upon, and...delighted with the stories of the knights and giants, and by degrees with the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers." During the Commonwealth, Cowley... | |
 | J. Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 508 pages
...some pleasure in it, there was wont to lie in my mother's parlour — I know not by what accident, for she herself never in her life read any book but...monsters, and brave houses, which I found everywhere — though my understanding had little to do with all this — and by degrees with the tinkling of... | |
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