 | William Howitt - 1840 - 548 דפים
...fame he afterwards achieved ! Having imbued himself with classical knowledge — " Next/' he adds, " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances...recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood, so that even those books proved to me so many enticements to the love and steadfast observation of... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 דפים
...prostitutions. Next (for hear me out now, readers) that I may tell ye whither my young feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,...recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded hy our victorious kings, and from hence held in renown all over Christendom. There I read it in the... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 דפים
...praiseworthy." In the next paragraph he proceeds—" That I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances...and from hence had in renown over all christendom. . . . From the laureate fraternity of poets, riper years, and the ceaseless round of studying and reading,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 דפים
...effect, we quote from his account of liis youth. " I betook me among those lofty fables and romancea, which recount in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from heneo had in renown over all Christcndem. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1844 - 542 דפים
...gentle deeds." " Í will tell you," that majestic bard declares, " whither my younger feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of chivalry."* On the fair part of ancient warfare the Crusades cast a baleful influence. The tenacious... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 436 דפים
...prophets and apostles, in binding him " everlastingly in willing homage" to the great, the honorable, and the lovely in character. A remarkable passage...from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood or of... | |
 | 1827 - 516 דפים
...prophets and apostles, in binding him " everlastingly in willing homage" to the great, the honourable, 150 and the lovely in character. A remarkable passage...from hence had -in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or of... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1845 - 646 דפים
...welcome. Next (for hear me out now, readers) that ' I may tell ye whether my younger feet wandered, 1 betook me ' among those lofty fables and romances,...and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.'* In order to assist the judgment of the inexperienced, we will take a rapid survey of the novels and... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 דפים
...prostitution. Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among' those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn cantoes the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 דפים
...prostitution. Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, •which recount in solemn cantoes the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings^ and from hence had in renown over... | |
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Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had... 
