 Thro' the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine; for it is evident, that he meant a sort of honey-suckle by the eglantine; though that word is commonly used for the sweet-briar, which he could not mention twice in the same couplet. " If I...  Watlington Hill: A Poem - Page 32by Mary Russell Mitford - 1812 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
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 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Lawyers - 1806 - 510 pages
...elegantly described in the Pensieroso. Most of the cottage windows are overgrown with sweet briars, vines, and honey-suckles ; and that Milton's habitation...weeks at Oxford in the Summer, I shall be inclined to to hire and repair this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of friends, in honour... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - India - 1806 - 566 pages
...sweetbriars, vines, and honey-suckles ; and that Milton's habitation had the same rustic prnament, we may conclude from his description of the lark bidding...I ever pass a month or six weeks at Oxford in the Summeiv I shall be inclined to hire and repair this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 676 pages
...estate. The tradition of his having lived there is current among the villagers: one of them shewed us a ruinous wall that made part of his chamber; and...the summer, I shall be inclined to hire and repair to this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of friends in honour of Milton, the... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 678 pages
...Pensieroso. Most of the cottage windows are overgrown with sweetbriars, vines, and honey- suckl es ; and that Milton's habitation had the same rustic ornament,...the summer, I shall be inclined to hire and repair to this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of friends in honour of Milton, the... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 670 pages
...a sort of honey-suckle by the eglantine ; though that word is commonly used for the sweet-briar, i which he could not mention twice in the same couplet....the summer, I shall be inclined to hire and repair t^this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of friends in honour of Milton, the most... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 360 pages
...meant a sort of honeysuckle by the eglantine ; though that word is commonly used for the sweet-brier, which he could not mention twice in the same couplet. If I ever pass a month or six weeks at Oxford it) the summer, I shall be inclined to hire and repair this venerable mansion, and to make a festival... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1836 - 342 pages
...meant a sort of honeysuckle by the eglantine, though that word ia comrttonly used for the sweet-brier, which he could not mention twice in the same couplet...venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of iriends in honour of Milton, the greatest scholar, as well as the sublimest pcet, that our country... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...commonly used for the sweet-briar, which he could not mention twice in the same couplet. " If ever I pass a month or six weeks at Oxford in the summer, I shall be inclmed to hire and repair this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of friends in... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...meant a sort of honeysuckle by the eglantine, though that word is commonly used for the sweetbrier, which he could not mention twice in the same couplet....weeks at Oxford, in the summer, I shall be inclined lo hire and repair this venerable mansion, and to make a festival for a circle of friends, in honor... | |
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