 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...  The Works of William E. Channing, D. D. - Page 27by William Ellery Channing - 1841Full view - About this book
 | John Toland - 1761 - 278 pages
..." among thofe lofty fables and romances which " recount in folemn cantos the deeds of knight** hood founded by our victorious kings, and ** from hence had in renown over all chriftendom. " There I read it in the oath of every knight, that " he fhould defend to the expence... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 pages
...APOLOGY for SMECTYMNUUS. " 1 may tell you whither my " younger feet wandered : I betook me among thofe lofty fables and " romances, which recount in SOLEMN CANTOS the deeds of knight* "hood, &c." PROSE-WORKS, i. 11. 118. — Of trophies bung.} So in SAMSON ACONISTES, v. 1738.... | |
 | 1789 - 560 pages
...younger feet wandered ; I betook me among thofe lofty fables and romances, which recount in loiemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings; and from hence had in renown all over Chrifteiidom. There I readit in the oath of every knight, that he íhould defajá, to the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...usages of gothic and chivalric life. " I may tell you," says he, " whither my younger feet wandered : I betook me among those LOFTY FABLES AND ROMANCES,...which recount in SOLEMN CANTOS the deeds of knighthood * ;" and we have seen how much he was delighted with the Arabian story of Cambuscan in the Canterbury... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...usages of gothic and chivalric life. " I may- tell you," says he, " whither my younger feet wandered : I betook me among those LOFTY FABLES AND ROMANCES,...which recount in SOLEMN CANTOS the deeds of knighthood * ;" and we have seen how much he was delighted with the Arabian story of Cambuscan in the Canterbury... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 pages
...feet wandered ; I betook me among thofe lofty fables and romances, which recount in fblemn cantoes the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all chriftendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he fhould defend to the expenfe of his... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 440 pages
...feet wandered ; I betook me among thole lofty fables and romances, which recount in lolemn cantoes the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all chriftendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he fhould defend to the expenfe of his... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...prostitutions. Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell you whither my younger feet wandered; 1 betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which...knighthood, founded by our victorious kings, and from hence liad in renown over all christendom: there I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 544 pages
...feet wandered," when he " betook him among thofe lofty fables and romances, which recount in folemn Cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renowne over all Chriftendome." Apol. for Smeftyw. p. 177. Profe Workt, ed. Amft. 1698. DUSSTER. Ver.... | |
 | Samuel Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - 1810 - 648 pages
...such dangerous consequences as Ascham and Meres supposed, is further evident from his saying, " Next, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount, in sublime cantos, the deeds of knighthood. So thai even these books, proved to me so many enticements... | |
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