 | 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...house is close to the church ; the greatest part of ithas been pulled down, and what remains belongs to an adjacent farm. I am informed that several papers,... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...colour, where the sheep were feeding at large; in short, the view of the streams and rivers—convinced us that there was not a single useless idea or word...house is close to the church; the greatest part of ithas been pulled down, and what remains belongs to an adjacent farm. I am informed that several papers,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 484 pages
...streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively...had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. * " The poet's house was close to the church; the... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Poets, English - 1826 - 460 pages
...streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively...had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. " The poet's house was close to the church ; the... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1836 - 342 pages
...this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty for its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. The poet's house was close to the church : the greatest... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - English letters - 1841 - 338 pages
...streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description ; but that it was a most exact and lively...admired for its elegance^ receive an additional beauty for its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poeticJ enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground,... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively...had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. " The poet'a house was close to the church ; the... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively...had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. The poet's house was close to the church; the greatest... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1852 - 584 pages
...the streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the Allegro description, but that it was a most exact and lively...had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. " The poet's house was close to the church ; the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...streams and rivers convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description ; but that it was a most exact and lively...had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village. " The poet's house was close to the church ; the... | |
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... description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical... 
