Since I am so ugly," said Du Guesclin, " it behooves that I be bold." Sir Philip Sidney, the darling of mankind, Ben Jonson tells us, " was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood, and long. The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3011868Full view - About this book
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...Guesclin, " it behooves that I be bold." Sir Philip Sidney, the darling of mankind, Ben Jonson tells us, " was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood, and long." Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of... | |
| 1920 - 666 pages
...Book ' (4th Serios at p. 321), citing 'Hawthornden Extracts, p. 90,' says : — " Sir Philip Sydney was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood ; and rare Ben said this." It adds : — " Lain g observes, that Ben Jonson was only... | |
| Robert Southey - 1850 - 770 pages
...father in poetry. — Ibid. p. 89. See there an anecdote concerning her and Overbury. Sir Philip Sidney was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood ; and rare lien said this, and that "my Lord Lisle, now Earl of Worster, his eldest... | |
| Robert Southey - 1851 - 768 pages
...father in poetry. — Ibid. p. 89. See there an anecdote concerning her and Overbury. Sir Philip Sidney was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood ; and rare lien said this, and that "my Lord Lisle, now Earl of Worster, his eldest... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 270 pages
...Guesclin, "it behooves that I be bold." Sir Philip Sidney, the darling of mankind, Ben Jonson tells us, "was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood, and long." Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...Guesclin, " it behooves that I be bold." Sir Philip Sidney, the darling of mankind, Ben Jonson tells us, "was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood, and long." Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1869 - 384 pages
...Arcadia is rich in imagery, but in the same sentence we often find images that glitter like dew-drops, followed by images that glitter like icicles; and...branches merely coldly pointed the way to virtue, poetry enticed, animated, inspired the soul to pursue it. Fine as this defence of poetry is, the best... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1880 - 386 pages
...of Sidney as beautiful in face no less than in behavior, he was not in fact a comely gentleman. Beu Jonson told Drummond that he " was no pleasant man...branches merely coldly pointed the way to virtue, poetry enticed, animated, inspired the soul to pursue it. Fine as this defence of poetry is, the best... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1869 - 382 pages
...in face no less than in behavior, he was not in fact a comely gentleman. Beii Jonson told Druinmond that he " was no pleasant man in countenance, his...branches merely coldly pointed the way to virtue, poetry enticed, animated, inspired the soul to pursue it. Fine as this defence of poetry is, the best... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 504 pages
...Guesclin, "it behooves that I be bold." Sir Philip Sidney, the darling of mankind, Ben Jonson tells us, " was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood, and long." Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of... | |
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