| 1883 - 998 pages
...the true poet must ever come) " with words set in delightful proportion, prepared for the enchanting skill of music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh...which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner." At frequent intervals during the past two years our readers have been introduced iu... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...but he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepare! for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with...tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which holdfth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; » and, pretending no more, doth... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...145, ed. Bohn. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. 1554-1586. Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge. Defence ofPoety. He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner. IKd. I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved... | |
| Ellen Crofts - 1884 - 394 pages
...interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness : but he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with or prepared for...children from play, and old men from the chimney corner." That Sidney could make prose not only charming, but that he could make it also the vehicle of reasoning,... | |
| Abby Sage Richardson - 1884 - 498 pages
...the enchanting skill of music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale thatholdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner....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,... | |
| John Edwin Nixon - 1885 - 256 pages
...words set in delightful proportion, either accom- ю panied with, or prepared for the well inchanting skill of Music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh...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... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness; but he Cometh to you with words set with delightful inalist, comcth unto you, with a tale which holdcth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner;... | |
| 1886 - 470 pages
...work, nor his feebler strokes, but that he should seek to catch the secret of that spell whereby " he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner." Are there none of the great story-tellers of the past to whom we can go, as we go... | |
| Alexander Montgomerie - 1887 - 504 pages
...fireside. See Sonnet xxvii. 1. 14, and "The Flyting," 1.666. And cf. Sir Philip Sidney (1554. 1586) : " He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney.corner." — 'The Defence of Poesy.' 125. Bvstour.baird=T\o\sy rhymester? or ribald railer?... | |
| Alexander Montgomerie - 1887 - 504 pages
...fireside. See Sonnet xxvii. l. 14, and "The Flyting," l. 666. And cf. Sir Philip Sidney (1554l586) : " He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner." — ' The Defence of Poesy.' 125. Bvstour-baird=noisy rhymester? or ribald railer?... | |
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