Her parents, the duke and duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading... Poems - Page 19by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Morley - English literature - 1879 - 706 pages
...called on her at Broadgate, in Leicestershire, before his going into Germany, reading Plato's " Phsedo " in Greek, "and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccaccio." He asked her how that was ; and she said it was because God had given her severe parents... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phoedon Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry talo in Bucace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her iu her chamber reading Phsedon Platonis iu Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Bocace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk. I asked her why she would lose such pastime... | |
| Gustave H. Doret - 1883 - 172 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phoedon Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Bocace. Afler salutation and duty done (i), with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such... | |
| Book-lover - 1884 - 530 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phado Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as...done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would leese such pastime in the park? Smiling, she answered me; "I wist, all their sport in the park is but... | |
| Books and reading - 1884 - 532 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phado Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as...done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would leese such pastime in the park? Smiling, she answered me; "I wist, all their sport in the park is but... | |
| William Burt Harlow - English literature - 1884 - 154 pages
...and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading Plato's Phedo in the Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccaccio. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk I asked her why she would lose so much... | |
| Rose Georgina Kingsley - 1884 - 150 pages
...Lady Jane Grey, before going to Germany, he found her in her chamber reading Plato's Pfuzdon in Greek, with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccacio. Her parents and all the gentlemen and gentlewomen were hunting in the park; but she said... | |
| Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - Education - 1888 - 1260 pages
...classical scholarship. Roger Ascham finds " that noble lady, Jane Grey, in her chamber reading Phaedo Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as...some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace." Again he tells how "he and the Queen's Majesty (*'. f., Elizabeth,) read together in the Greek tongue... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1888 - 876 pages
...gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found lier," says Ascham, •' in her chamber, reading Pha'do Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boceare. After salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose such... | |
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