 The sight of a place where I had not been for many years revived in my thoughts the tender images of my childhood, which by a great length of time had contracted a softness that rendered them inexpressibly agreeable. As it is usual with me to draw a secret...  The Great Schools of England - Page 100by Howard Staunton - 1869 - 596 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1803 - 440 pages
...that rendered them inexpressibly agreeable. As it is usual w'uh me to draw a secret unenviedpleaiure from a thousand incidents overlooked by other men,...transport, forgetting my age, and fancying myself ii school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured by tha presence of so many young boys, in whose... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 370 pages
...sight of a place where I had not been for many years, revived in my thoughts the tender images of mjr childhood, which by a great length of time had contracted...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured by the presence of so many young boys, in whose looks were legible... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...happy state. "UPON the late election of king's scholars, my curiosity drew. me to Westminster-school. The sight of a place where I had not been for many...from a thousand incidents overlooked by other men, I throw vor. n. E myself into a short transport, forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...epitaphs. Connoisteur. §19. The innocent Plcaturet of Childhood. As it is usual with me to draw a seeret unenvied pleasure from a thousand incidents overlooked...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured, by tlw presence of so many young boys, in whose looks were... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 pages
...happy state. UPON the late election of king's scholars, my curiosity jdrew me to Westminster-school. The sight of a place where I had not been for many...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured by the presence of so many young boys, in whose looks were legible... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 360 pages
...happy state. UPON the late election of king's scholars, my curiosity drew me to Westminster.school. The sight of a place where I had not been for many...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured by the presence of so many young boys, in whose looks were legible... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 324 pages
...happy state. UPON the late election of king's scholars, my curiosity drew me to Westminster-school. The sight of a place where I had not been for many...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured by the presence of so many young boys, in whose looks were legible... | |
 | 1829 - 600 pages
...exclaiming, with a smile, "Happy little creatures !" Speaking of youth, Sir Richard Steele says, — " As it is usual with me to draw a secret unenvied pleasure...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favored by the i i . e 3 O n u presence of so many young boys, in whose... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...the lapidary adulation of modern epitaphs. Connoisseur. § 19. TA« innocent Pleasures of Childhood. JG& !, m J(& ̅ l D49 ټ@ -+ 笘 ...h { t O/L Mws3 µJ x G [ [| Y } | 4$_d E - t »chool-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured, by the presence of so many young boys, in whoa«... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...happy state. UPON the late election of king's scholars, my curiosity drew me to Westminster-school. The sight •of a place where I had not been for many...forgetting my age, and fancying myself a school-boy. This imagination was strongly favoured by the presence of so many young boys, in whose looks were legible... | |
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