 I wis all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas, good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.  Poems - Page 231by Samuel Rogers - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 488 pages
...gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading the ' Phsedon ' of Plato, in 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 should lose such... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading l'hœdon = dhD> P k1 P T Z r_ zߔZH sF > r tr K߹ c x w m C / tule in Bocace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 664 pages
...published 1670-1, says, when speaking of Lady Jane Grey:—"I found her in her Chamber, reading Pbsedo Platonis in Greek, and that with as much Delight,...some Gentlemen would read a merry Tale in Boccace." Later on he laments the increasing taste for Italian literature, which he considers more corrupting... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phoedon ambers Bocace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose such... | |
 | Crime - 1849 - 610 pages
...without the least weakness of her sex. I found her in her chamber, reading Plato's Phaedon in Greek with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace." Indeed, he tells us it was to read Plato she gave up a hunting party, that was, at the moment, sweeping... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phoedon Platonis in Greek, and thai happened to fall upon, and Bocace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose such... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1851 - 328 pages
...Household, Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phsedo Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as...asked her, why she would lose such pastime in the park 1 Smiling, she answered me ; " I wist, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 238 pages
...household gentlemen and gentlewomen were hunting in the park ; I found her in her chamber, reading ' Phsedo Platonis,' in Greek, and that with as much delight...merry tale in Boccace. After salutation and duty done, I asked her why she would lose such pastime in the park. Smiling, she answered me : ' I wist all their... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading Phocdon Platonis in 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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...household. gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading Phocdon Platonis in 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... | |
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