 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 the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels...  Good, bad, and indifferent, a book of jests - Seite 2von Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Beaumont - 1866 - 736 Seiten
...purer spirits, purged and refined, shake off That clog of human frailty. Give me leave To enjoy myself; that place that does contain My books, the best companions,...And sometimes, for variety, I confer With kings and emprrors, and weigh their counCidling their victories, if unjustly got, [sels ; Unto a strict account,... | |
 | 1866 - 492 Seiten
...cannot get from the histories of the period. What wonder, then, that we feel, and can truly say, — " That place that does Contain my books, the best companions,...hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers " ? But although we thus love books as a whole, we cannot help cherishing a special liking to some... | |
 | William Robert Tymms - 1866 - 352 Seiten
...reading, we hold converse with the wise; in the business of life, generally with the foolish." (Idem.) "That place that does Contain my books, the best companions,...me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with (he old sages and philosophers." (J. FLETCHER.) " Bookes arc a part of man's prerogative, In formal... | |
 | James Vaulx Drake - 1867 - 502 Seiten
...which knowledge is acquired. Doubtless he could say with the poet : " Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place that does Contain my books, the best companions,...account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues. Can I then Fart with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities ? No; be it your... | |
 | Gideon Smales - 1867 - 294 Seiten
...WHITBY: HORNE AND SON, GAZETTE OFFICE, BRIDGE STREET. MDCCCLXVII. " Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place that does Contain my books, the best companions,...victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account; and iu my fancy, Deface their ill-plac'd statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...do feed The mind ; much cloys, or doth ill humours breed. R. Heath. That place that does Contain mv books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court,...for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weightheir counsels. T. Fletcher. BOOES — continued. Books should to one of these four ends conduce,... | |
 | British dramatists - 1868 - 138 Seiten
...fear'd drowning that spy waves ashore, Gold would grow rich, and all the merchants poor. Tourneur. THE PLEASURES OF A LIBRARY. That place that does contain...strict account, and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues. Beaumont and Fletcher. DELICACY OF REPUTATION. Upon a time, Reputation, Love, and Death, Would... | |
 | Harriet Frances Thynne (lady Charles.) - 1868 - 566 Seiten
...not as yet declared his love. CHAPTER XI. That place that doth contain My books, the best companion is to me ; A glorious court where hourly I converse With the old doges and philosophers. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. • The past is Death's, the future is thine own. SHELLEY.... | |
 | P E. S - 1869 - 142 Seiten
...Frontispiece. EDINBURGH: TOHNSTONE, HUNTER, & CO LINDSAY LEE. CHAPTEE I. THE OLD BOOK STALL. • The place that does contain My books, the best companions,...court, where hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophei s.' • EFORM !' muttered Lindsay Lee. turning contemptuously away, ' it strikes me there's... | |
 | 1868 - 224 Seiten
...of material, moral, and religious progress. COMPANIONSHIP OF BOOKS. Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions,...account ; and in my fancy Deface their ill-placed statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities ? No ; be it your... | |
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