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" ... with a tale, forsooth; he cometh unto you, with a tale, which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 108
by George Burnett - 1807
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...holdfth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; » and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often broiight to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste ; which,...
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Familiar Talks on English Literature: A Manual Embracing the Great Epochs of ...

Abby Sage Richardson - 1884 - 498 pages
...thatholdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner. And pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the child is brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in others that have a pleasant taste." Therefore,...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...holdcth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner; and pretending no more, doth intend ing of himself as well as others. This Porter was a fresh yonng lake most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste. So is it in men,...
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Prose extracts [&c.].

John Edwin Nixon - 1885 - 256 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. And pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue : even, as the child is often ' 5 brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste. SIE...
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An Old Shropshire Oak, Volume 3

John Wood Warter - 1889 - 396 pages
...children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the weaning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the...take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such others as have a pleasant taste ; which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or...
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Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella und Defence of poesie: nach den ...

Philip Sidney - 1889 - 238 pages
...corner; And pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the minde from wickednes to vertue; euen as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as haue a plesaunt taste: which if one should begin to tell them the nature of the8 Alloes, or Rhaharbrum...
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Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella und Defence of poesie: nach den ...

Philip Sidney - 1889 - 232 pages
...corner; And pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the minde from wickednes to vertue; euen äs the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other äs haue a plesaunt taste: which if one should begin to teil them the nature of the3 Alloes, or Rhabarbnim...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 206 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them 30 , in such other as have a pleasant taste, — which, if one should begin to tell them the nature...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 210 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them 30 in such other as have a pleasant taste, — which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - 1890 - 206 pages
...from play, and old men from the chimney-corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning ot the mind from wickedness to virtue} even as the child...brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them 3° in such other as have a pleasant taste, — which, if one should begin to tell them the nature...
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