 As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. We at length reached the spot, whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images ; it is on the...  Watlington Hill: A Poem - Page 29by Mary Russell Mitford - 1812 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1814 - 676 pages
...labour, and the milk-maid returning from her country employment. " As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and...undoubtedly took most of his images; it is on the top of the Mil, from which there is a most extensive prospect an all sides: the distant mountains, that seemed... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - English language - 1814 - 400 pages
...labour,. and the milk-maid returning from her country employment. As we ascended the hill« the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and...of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. At length, we reached the spot, whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images : it is on the top... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pages
...labour, and the milk-maid returning from her country employment. As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and...of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. At length, we reached the spot, whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images: it is on the (op... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...back of this, the land rises suddenly to the height of 400 feet, and the principal part of the town is on the top of the hill, from which there is a magnificent prospect of the bay, and the surrounding country. The descent from the upper to the lower... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - America - 1823 - 532 pages
...back of this, the land rises suddenly to the height of 400 feet, and the principal part of the town is on the top of the hill, from which there is a magnificent prospect of the bay, and the surrounding country. The descent from the upper to the lower... | |
 | Art - 1824 - 406 pages
...labour, and the milkmaid returning from her country employment. " As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity of the whole scene, gave ua the highest pleasure. We at length reached the spot whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...labour ; and the milkmaid returning from her country employment. "As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and...highest pleasure. We, at length, reached the spot where Milton, undoubtedly, took most of his images : it is on the top of the hill, from which there... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...milkmaid returning from her country employment. "As we ascended the hill, the variety of beau, tiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity...highest pleasure. We, at length, reached the spot where Milton, undoubtedly, took most of his images : it is on the top of the hill, from which there... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1836 - 342 pages
...labour, and the milkmaid, returning from her country employment. As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and...of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. At length we reached the spot whence Milton, undoubtedly, took most of his images : it is on the top... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - English letters - 1841 - 338 pages
...labour, and the milkmaid returning from her country employment. As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and...of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. At length we reached the spot whence Milton, undoubtedly, took most of his images ; it is on the top... | |
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