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" 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... "
Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ... - Page 12
by George Walker - 1825 - 615 pages
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 66

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...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

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...
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Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

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...
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Chapters in the History of English Literature: From 1509 to the Close of the ...

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,...
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Familiar Talks on English Literature: A Manual Embracing the Great Epochs of ...

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,...
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Prose extracts [&c.].

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...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

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;...
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The New Princeton Review, Volume 1

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...
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The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie, Volume 11

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?...
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The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie, Volume 10

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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