I WAS born, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that watered our pleasant... The essays of Elia. A new ed - Page 112by Charles Lamb - 1857Full view - About this book
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 pages
..." Vestigia nulla retrorsum ; " that in Brick Court, " Time and Tide tarry for no man." "I was bom, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the...church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 pages
..." Vestigia nulla retrorsum ; " that in Brick Court, " Time and Tide tarry for no man." " I was bom, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the...church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 672 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference be so many pretty...church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but \\ stream that... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions, incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...reverence her sex. THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE. WAS born, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the ments — as many, and as fanciful, as you please — to that...structure. Let her first lesson be with sweet Susan Winstanlej — to reverence her sex. THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE. I WAS born, and passed the... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference be so many pretty...with sweet Susan Winstanley — to reverence her sex. SEVEN BRITISH CLASSICS. THOMAS CAMPBELL. I777-I844. •TIS DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT.1 ae'ri-al, belonging... | |
| Edward Thring - 1880 - 268 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions, incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...be with sweet Susan Winstanley — to reverence her aex. — Essays of Elia. XXII. ' I wonder what becomes of the Frog, when he climbs up out of this world,... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference be so many pretty...please — to that main structure. Let her first lesson be—with sweet Susan Winstanley — to reveretice her sex. THOMAS CAMPBELL. I777-l844. 'TIS DISTANCE... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 234 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference be so many pretty...please — to that main Structure. Let her first lesson be—with sweet Susan Winstanley — to reverence her sex. THOMAS CAMPBELL. I777-I844. 'TIS DISTANCE... | |
| George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 pages
...Baron Mascres, whe retained the costume of the reign of George II. In his " Essays" Lamb writes : — " I was born and passed the first seven years of my...church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river I had almost said — for in those young years what was the king of rivers to me but a stream that... | |
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