 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
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 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 Calling their victories, if unjustly got. Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed... | |
 | Book-lover - 1883 - 336 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-planed statuos. Can I then Fart with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities ? No... | |
 | Philip Slaughter - Lawyers - 1883 - 146 pages
...contain My books, the best company is to me ; 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." One -might, with little imagination,... | |
 | Philip Slaughter - 1883 - 146 pages
...contain My books, the best company is to me; 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." One might, with little imagination,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 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,...With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels. 448 Beaumont & Fletcher: The Elder Brother. Acti. Sc. 2. O books, ye monuments of mind, concrete wisdom... | |
 | Medical Association of Georgia - Medicine - 1884 - 508 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." But let this " old man eloquent," tell in his own inimitable way the beauty, joy, and blessings of... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - Books and reading - 1884 - 526 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-planed statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities ? No... | |
 | Bibliography - 1884 - 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...emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victones, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues.... | |
 | Halkett Lord, Richard Halkett - American literature - 1888 - 572 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. LIBRARY NOTES. AT a recent meeting of the Town Council of Hastings, England,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1889 - 934 pages
...books, the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With the old sages anil philosophers; And sometimes, for variety, I confer...and, in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues. i. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. Tlie Elder Brother. Act I. Sc. 2. A library is but the soul's burial-ground.... | |
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