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" But he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the... "
Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors - Page 112
by John Timbs - 1829
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 10

Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...you may long to pass further. He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margent with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness;...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner;* and pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the * We have here, undoubtedly,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 10

Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...you may long to pass Further. He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margent with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness;...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner;* and pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the * We have here, undoubtedly,...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...you may long to pass farther. - He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margin with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness ; but he cometh to you with words set in clelightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for the well-enchanting skill of music,...
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The New-York Literary Gazette, and Phi Beta Kappa Repository, Volume 1

Literature - 1826 - 440 pages
...memory with douhtfulness ; hut he 152 cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, cither accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimneycorner ; and pretenling no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue,...
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Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 550 pages
...definitions, which must blur the margin with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness, but lie cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion,...which' holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ;» and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 548 pages
...with doubtfulness, but ho rorueth to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompamed with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner;* and, pretrnding no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 540 pages
...you may long to pass farther. He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which mast blur the margin with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness,...but he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion,other accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

English literature - 1831 - 368 pages
...He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margin with interpretations, and Joad the memory with doubtfulness, but he cometh to you...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; * and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to...
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American Monthly Review, Volume 1

Sidney Willard - American literature - 1832 - 560 pages
...you may long to pass farther. He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margin with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness,...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...
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Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea, Volumes 1-2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Europe - 1835 - 496 pages
...you may long to pass farther. He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margin with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness...which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue."...
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