 Give me leave To enjoy myself : that place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes, for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh...  The Indicator - Page 11edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | British dramatists - Quotations, English - 1868 - 138 pages
...contain My books, the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety...account, and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues. Beaumont and Fletcher. DELICACY OF REPUTATION. Upon a time, Reputation, Love, and Death, Would travel... | |
 | Bands of hope - 1868 - 224 pages
...Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety,...wealth : it shall be mine To increase in knowledge. THE PUBLICAN'S HONEST APPEAL. J2f KY our Jamica rum, [ours, 'tL' Good friends, there's none like We've... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - Authors, English - 1872 - 438 pages
...Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious conrt where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes, for variety,...wealth : it shall be mine To increase in knowledge." " I no sooner," says HEINSIUS, " come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding Lust,... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...Contain my books, tho best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old ̇@ . ill-plac'd statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities Î... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...contain My books, the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse "With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety...account, and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues. Beaumont and Fletcher. If the secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts... | |
 | Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873 - 128 pages
...contain My books, the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety...strict account, and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statutes. Becvumont and Fletcher. WHEN Counsellor Madan was once at Croydon Assizes, he went in company... | |
 | William John Fitz-Patrick - Church historians - 1873 - 368 pages
...court, where hourly I converse With the oldest sages and philosophers; And sometimes, for variety, confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels,...and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues." BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. DB. LANIGAN'S retirement from Maynooth, though somewhat unfortunate, is, on... | |
 | William John Fitzpatrick - 1873 - 370 pages
...court, where hourly I converse With the oldest sages and philosophers; And sometimes, for variety, confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels,...and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues." BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. DR. LANIGAN'S retirement from Maynooth, though somewhat unfortunate, is, on... | |
 | Margaret Hunt - 1874 - 312 pages
...contains My books the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety...and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues." Beaumont and Fletcher. " To divert at any time a troublesome fancy run to thy books ; they presently... | |
 | Photography - 1876 - 664 pages
...Contain my book«, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes, for variety, I confer With kings and ешрегогв, and weigh their counsels : Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict... | |
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