 | English wit and humor - 1887 - 300 pages
...the First Edition (preserving the old orthography) of The Complete Angler, published in 1653 : — "As I left this place, and entered into the next field,...entertained me, 'twas a handsome milk-maid, that had cast away all care, and sung like a Nightingale ; her voice was good, and the Ditty fitted for it ;... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1653 - 284 pages
...happily expreft it : I was for that time lifted above earth-, 4nd pojjejt joyes not promifd in my birth. As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a fecond pleafure entertained me, 'twas a handfome Milk-maid, that had caft away all care, and fung Rke... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - English prose literature - 1888 - 368 pages
...happily exprest it : I was for that time lifted above earth ; And possest Joyes not promised in my birth. As I left this place, and entered into the next field,...entertained me, 'twas a handsome Milk-maid, that had cast away all care, and sang like a Nightingale ; her voice was good, and the Ditty fitted for it ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 620 pages
...imperfectlygiven reply, it may be worth while to quote the passage in which Isaac Walton refers to them: "As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me; 't was a handsome milk-maid ; she cast away all care and sang like a nightingale. Her voice was good... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1889 - 298 pages
...As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me ; 't was a i handsome Milkmaid that had not yet attained so ; much...men too often do ; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; 't was that smooth song,... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - Authors - 1889 - 314 pages
...expressed it, " ' I was for that time lifted above earth ; And possest joys not promis'd in my birth.' "As I left this place and entered into the next field,...entertained me. 'Twas a handsome milkmaid, that had cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it. 'Twas... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - Literary style - 1890 - 304 pages
...sometimes, opposed by rugged roots and pebble stones, which broke their waves and turned them with foam As I left this place and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me. It was a handsome milk-maid, that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 624 pages
...expressed it, " I was for that time lifted above earth, And possessed joys not promised in my birth." As I left this place, and entered into the next field,...men too often do; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it; 'twas that smooth song, which... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 638 pages
...expressed it, ' ' I was for that time lifted above earth, And possessed joys not promised in my birth. ' ' As I left this place, and entered into the next field,...men too often do ; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; 'twas that smooth song,... | |
 | Abel S. Clark - American prose literature - 1894 - 304 pages
...the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported in the sun. . . . As I left this place and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me; it was a handsome milkmaid that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with... | |
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As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me : 'twas a handsome milkmaid, that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be... 
