 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...purer spirits, pure'd and refin'd, shake off That clog of human frailty. Give me leave T'enjoy myself; that place that does contain My books, the best companions,...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...That clog of human frailty. Give me leave T' enjoy myself; that place that docs contain My books, tl>c best companions, is to me A glorious court, where...hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers; And sometimes, for variety, 1 confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels; Calling their... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 720 pages
...off That clog of human frailty. Give me leave T' enjoy myself; that place that does contain My looks, the best companions, is to me A glorious court, where hourly I converse With the okl sages and philosophers ; And sometimes, for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Henry William Weber - 1812 - 562 pages
...spirits, purged and refined, shake off* That clog of human frailty. Give me leave T' enjoy myself; that place that does contain My books, the best companions,...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...Vf-'nte, pwrgcd m''l 'lfluud> Shake off that clog of human frailty. Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions,...a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the "hi sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh... | |
 | 1838 - 502 pages
...us on the business of life, and teach us the true pleasures of it." " Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place that does Contain my books, the best companions,...hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers : And sometimes, for variety, I confer With Kings and Emperors. And can I then Part with such constant... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 894 pages
...bottle, adding, that "Nothing is ii*.l in a good market." Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that dote Contain my books« the best companions, is To me a...hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers; And sometimes for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsel!; Calling their... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
..." Nothing is lost in a good market." Leave to enjoy myself. That plue, that doe» Contain my bonis, 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 ; Calliog their... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 450 pages
...warming-pans over the bottle, adding, that " Nothing is lost in a good market." J*ave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious conrt, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety, I confer... | |
 | 1828 - 332 pages
...Although he could say with the poet, 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;* * The Elder Brother, by Beaumont and Fletcher. he felt that the uneducated and unrefined, though hospitable... | |
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