 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
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...n'.iin my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old rehend? Or finite reason reach Infinity? For what...fathom God were more than He. Drydm. 2927. READING. I .'.certain vanities ? No : be it your care To augment a heap of wealth : it shall be mine To .:.... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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,...their ill-placed statues. Can I then Part with such silent pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities ? JOHN MILTON. i6o8 — 1674. COMUS. The Lady enters.... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - English literature - 1880 - 396 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,...and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues. Beaumont and Fletcher, Elder Brother, act i. LIBRARY. HERE come, the grieved, a change of thought to... | |
 | English authors - 1880 - 178 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,...Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy, Deface their ill-plac'd statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities ? No... | |
 | South Kensington Museum - Art - 1880 - 164 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,...victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account. This Forster was doing, not only in the pages of "the Examiner," but through that study of the events... | |
 | Definitions - 1881 - 160 pages
...which the summer flies." Hood. Library (My) — "A glorious Court, where hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes, for variety,...counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got, To a strict account ; and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues." Massinger. Lie — " The truth... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 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, I confer With kings and emperors.and weigh their counsels. T.Fletcher, BOOKS — continued. Books should to one of these four... | |
 | Bibliography - 1884 - 204 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. " CH WALL. NICHOLAS TRUBNER. v |Y the death of Nicholas Triibner, which occurred onthe3oth of March... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 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,...and, in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues. 1 BBAOMONT and FLETCHEB. Tlie Elder Brother. Act I. Be. 2. A library is but the soul's burial-ground.... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...philosophers; And sometimes, for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their Galling m f b k$m-j j j l l l!c i%Wj )i W g (' Q ` h h I lem%m&m'm(m)m*m+m l l l j"N#m2m3m i. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. The Elder Brother. Act I. Sc. 2. A library is but the soul's burial-ground.... | |
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