 | William Howitt - 1840 - 548 Seiten
...achieved ! Having imbued himself with classical knowledge — " Next/' he adds, " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood, so that even those books proved to me so many enticements to the love and steadfast observation of... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 Seiten
...hear me out now, readers) that I may tell ye whither my young feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded hy our victorious kings, and from hence held in renown all over Christendom. There I read it... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1841 - 444 Seiten
...remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth ; — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount, in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 Seiten
...paragraph he proceeds—" That I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount, in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood, founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all christendom. . . . From the... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1844 - 542 Seiten
...tell you," that majestic bard declares, " whither my younger feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of chivalry."* On the fair part of ancient warfare the Crusades cast a baleful influence. The tenacious... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1845 - 646 Seiten
...out now, readers) that ' I may tell ye whether my younger feet wandered, 1 betook me ' among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn ' cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, ' and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.'* In order to... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 436 Seiten
...remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth ; — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount, in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it... | |
 | 1827 - 516 Seiten
...remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth. " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had -in renown over all Christendom. There I read it... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846 - 426 Seiten
...thoughts to dwell on visionary scenes, and their imagination to kindle at Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream, and their...through vanity to truth," " per vanitatem transimus ad veritatem." l For me, indeed, it was sufficient that what is now to be maligned was the religion of... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846 - 412 Seiten
...thoughts to dwell on visionary scenes, and their imagination to kindle at Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream, and their...St. Anselm says, " through vanity to truth," " per vamtatem transimus ad veritatem." l For me, indeed, it was sufficient that what is now to be maligned... | |
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Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings and from hence had in... 
