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" ... look at — -or in lying about upon the fresh grass, with all the fine garden smells around me — or basking in the orangery, till I could almost fancy myself ripening, too, along with the oranges and the limes in that grateful warmth — or in watching... "
The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series - Page 133
by Charles Lamb - 1845
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed ..., Volumes 1-2

Casket - 1873 - 882 pages
...limes, in that grateful warmth — or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond, at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...in these busy-idle diversions than in all the sweet flavours of peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such like common baits of children. Here John slily deposited...
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A history of English literature for junior classes

Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 264 pages
...and the limes in that grateful warmth; or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fishpond at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...state, as if it mocked at their impertinent friskings." — From Dream-Children — a Reverie. JOHN WILSON (b. 1785, d. 1854) was the son of a wealthy Paisley...
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Life ...

Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...limes in that grateful warmth, — or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fishpond, at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...and such-like common baits of children. Here John slyly deposited back upon the plate a bunch of grapes, which, not unobserved by Alice, he had meditated...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...berries and the fir apples, which were good for nothing but to look at — or in lying about upon flhe fresh grass, with all the fine garden smells around...impertinent friskings — I had more pleasure in these busy idle diversions than in all the sweet flavours of peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such like...
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Child Life in Prose

John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 322 pages
...limes in that grateful warmth, — or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond, at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...such-like common baits of children. — Here John slyly deposited back upon the plate a bunch of grapes, which, not unobserved by Alice, he had meditated...
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Works of Charles Lamb: Edited and Dramatic Tales, Essays and Critisms

Charles Lamb - 1876 - 740 pages
...the limes in that grateful warmth— or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond, at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...in these busy-idle diversions than in all the sweet flavours of peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such like common baits of children. Here John slyly deposited...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...limes, in that grateful warmth ; or in •watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fishpond ert flavours of peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such-like common baits of children. Here John •slyly...
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Essays from Elia ...

Charles Lamb - 1877 - 104 pages
...the limes in that grateful warmth ; or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fishpond at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...and such-like common baits of children. Here John slyly deposited back upon the plate a bunch of grapes which, not unobserved by Alice, lie had meditated...
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Essays of Elia, and Eliana. With a memoir by Barry Cornwall, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...limes in that grateful warmth — or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond, at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...in these busy-idle diversions than in all the sweet flavoursof peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such-like common baits of children. Here John slyly deposited...
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Poems and Essays

Charles Lamb - 1879 - 672 pages
...the limes in that grateful warmth, or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a...friskings. I had more pleasure in these busy-idle diversios than in all the sweet flavours of peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such-like common baits...
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