 The poet's house was close to the church ; the greatest part of it has been pulled down, and what remains belongs to an adjacent farm. I am informed, that several papers in Milton's own hand were found by the gentleman who was last in possession of the...  Watlington Hill: A Poem - Page 31by Mary Russell Mitford - 1812 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Philemon Holcombe - English letters - 1866 - 548 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...nightingales, which are so elegantly described in " II Penseroso." Most of the cottage-windows are overgrown with swcetbriers, vines, and honeysuckles... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - American letters - 1866 - 540 pages
...church; the greatest part of it has been pulled down, and what remains belongs to an adjacent farm. lam informed that several papers, in Milton's own hand,...nightingales, which are so elegantly described in " .11 Penseroso." Most of the cottage-windows are overgrown with sweetbriers, vines, and honeysuckles... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...name of Milton, but recollected him Ly the title of the j,oet. It must not be omitted, that the grove? near this village are famous for nightingales, which are so elegantly described in the Penaeroao. Most of the cottage-windows are overgrown witt sweetbriers, vines, and honeysuckles ; and... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1873 - 418 pages
...partly raised above the groves that surrounded them, the dark plains and meadows of a greyish colour, where the sheep were feeding at large — in short,...nightingales, which are so elegantly described in the ' Penseroso.' Most of the cottage windows are overgrown with sweet briars, vines, and honeysuckles... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...partly raised above the groves that surrounded them, the dark plains and meadows of a greyish colour. eat man her ennuis and perplexities in her artless...very goodEcuyer, — master of the ceremonies, — PenBeroso. Most of the cottage windows are overgrown with sweet-briars, vines, and honeysuckles ; and... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, wo returned to the village. The poet's house was close...nightingales, which are so elegantly described in the Penseroso. Most of the cottage windows are overgrown with sweet-briars, vines, and honeysuckles; and... | |
 | Art - 1814 - 726 pages
...of his chamber; and I was much pleased with another, who had forgotten the name of IM 1 1 ton, hut recollected him by the title of The Poet. It must...Pensieroso. Most of the- cottage windows are overgrown with sweet briars, vines, and honey-suckles; and that Mil. ton's habitation had the same rustic ornament,... | |
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