 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 Seiten
...and giants, and monfters, and brave houfes, " which I found every where, though my underftanJing " had little to do with all this, and by degrees with...tinkling; of the rhyme, and dance of the numbers: fo " that I think I had read him all over, before I was Cowley'i " twelve years old, and was thus made... | |
 | 1761 - 614 Seiten
...and giants, and monfters, and brave houfes, " which I found every where, though my underftan-Jing " had little to do with all this, and by degrees with..." tinkling of the rhyme, and dance of the numbers: fo " that I think I had read him all over, before I was Cowry's " twelve years old, and was thus made... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 Seiten
...and giants, and monllers, and brave houfes, which I found every where there (though my underftanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees,...the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers; fo that, I think, I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet asimmediately... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 Seiten
...monfters, ••'actf "brave houfe's, which I found every 'where there (though my underftanding jfi.arJ little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with...tinkling of the rhyme and dance :of •the numbers; fo that, I think, •I"' had read him all over before I was twelve •years old, and was thus made... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 418 Seiten
...to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers ; fo that, I think, I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch. With thefe affcftions of mind,... | |
 | 1798 - 604 Seiten
...knightf, and giants, and monitors, and brave houles, which I found every where, though my nndcrllanding had little to do with all this, and by degrees with the tinkling of the rhime, and dance of the numbers : fo that I think I had lead him all over before I was i 2 years old.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 Seiten
...do with all this] «nd, by degrees, with tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers ; fo that, think, I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch. With thefe affections of mind,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 Seiten
...there was wont to lie Spenser's works ; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights, and giants, and monsters,...had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch. With these affections of mind,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 Seiten
...giants, and moustcrs, and brave houses, •which I found every where there : (though my un- " derstanding had little to do with all this) and by degrees, with...had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch. With these affections of mind,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 Seiten
...there was wont to lie Spencer's Works; this I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights, and giants, and monsters, and brave houses, which I found every where there : (though my understanding had little to do with all this) and by degrees, with the... | |
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I happened to fall upon, and was infinitely delighted with the stories of the knights, and giants, and monsters, and brave houses, which I found everywhere there (though my understanding had little to do with all this); and by degrees with the tinkling... 
