 That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their...  The Table Book... - Seite 8von William Hone - 1827 - 870 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Julia Cecilia Stretton - 1862 - 328 Seiten
...greatly indebted to my father. 129 CHAPTER XI. " Give me leave To enjoy myself: the place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers." BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. A FEW words more upon our peculiar education and Arcadian habits. We had to... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1862 - 760 Seiten
...270. HU5TDCG IK AN EAST CHAIR. THE DOCTOR'S BOOKS. That place that does contain My books, the beat companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With tbe old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With Kings and Emperors, and weigh... | |
 | John Weiss - 1863 - 94 Seiten
...describes the pleasures of his library : — ' Give me leave T' enjoy myself; that place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy, Deface... | |
 | William G. Blaikie - 1863 - 322 Seiten
...taste for reading, books are a source of perennial and ever fresh enjoyment. " The place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...sages and philosophers, And sometimes, for variety, T confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got,... | |
 | Charles Spence (of Liverpool.) - 1863 - 60 Seiten
...old dramatists, Beaumont and Fletcher:—• " Give me leave To enjoy myself. That place that doth contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...sages and philosophers; And sometimes, for variety, 1 confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got,... | |
 | New Jersey Historical Society - 1864 - 426 Seiten
...refined, Shake oft' that clog of hnman frailty. Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly, I Converse with old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety, I confer With Kings and Emperors, and weigh... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie - 1865 - 300 Seiten
...a taste for reading, books are a source of perennial and ever fresh enjoyment. "The place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account, and in my fancy Defacing... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie - 1865 - 288 Seiten
...taste for reading, books are a source of perennial and ever fresh enjoyment. " The place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account, and in my fancy Defacing... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 Seiten
...Leave to enjoy myself. That place that docs Contain my books the best companion is, To me a lordly court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages...for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and wcigh thcir couusels, Calling thcir vietories, if unjustly got, Unto a striet aecount."—FLEICHER.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1865 - 758 Seiten
...mortal».^ t OHIABBERA. CHAPTER СХП. HUNTING IN AN EASY CHAIR. THE DOCTORS BOOKS. That place that does contain My books, the best companions, Is to me A glorious court, where hourly I convene With the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With Kings and Emperors,... | |
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