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... The Golden Sunset; Or, the Homeless Blind Girl - Page 209by Annie Kane - 1867 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...himself that can agree to saleable and unlawful prostitutions. " 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 [Spenser, etc.], which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings,... | |
| John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...to saleable and unlawful prostitutions. Next, — for hear me out now, readers, that I may tell you whither my younger feet wandered, — I betook me...and 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,... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1862 - 854 pages
...lovely in character. A remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth ; — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,...and 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... | |
| Cornwall (England : County) - 1862 - 500 pages
...through Spenser's elfin dream, And mix in Milton's heavenly theme." Milton himself has told us how — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances...which 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... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1864 - 874 pages
...issues, and prepare himself for hardier tasks. " Next — for hear me out now, readers, that I may tell whither my younger feet wandered, — I betook me...knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from heneo had in renown over all Christendom. There I read, in the oath of every knight, that he should... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1864 - 906 pages
...— for hear me out now, readers, that I may tell whither my younger feet wandered, — I betook mo among those lofty fables and romances which recount...and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read, in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood,... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...prostitutions. Next (for heare me out now readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wander'd ; I betook ' me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemne Canto's, the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious Kings, and from hence had in renowne... | |
| John Milton - 1866 - 500 pages
...himself, that can agree to salable and. unlawful prostitutions. Next (for hear me out now, readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered;,...and, 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,,... | |
| John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...before us of one who was indeed himself a true poem, and of the most heroic strain. " Next, readers, that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered...and 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,... | |
| John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...before us of one who was indeed himself a true poem, and of the most heroic strain. " Next, readers, that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered;...and 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,... | |
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