 Wouldst thou be pleasant, yet be far from folly ? Wouldst thou read riddles and their explanation ? Or else be drowned in thy contemplation ? Dost thou love picking meat ? Or wouldst thou see A man i...  The Quarterly Review - Page 493edited by - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 492 pages
...pleases, without reference to station, birth, or education." Let Bunyan speak for his own book : • — " Wouldst thou be in a dream, and yet not sleep ? Or wouldst thou in a moment laugh and weep ? Wouldst thou lose thyself and catch no harm, And find thyself again, without a charm ? Wouldst read... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 pages
...else be drowned in thy contemplation ? Dost thou love picking meat ? or wouldst thou see A man i' th' clouds; and hear him speak to thee ? Wouldst thou...sleep; Or wouldst thou, in a moment, laugh and weep ? Wouldst thou lose thyself, and catch no harm; And find thyself again without a charm ? Wouldst read... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 338 pages
...thou love picking meat ? or wouldst thou see , A man i' th' clouds; and hear him speak to thee ? L , Wouldst thou be in a Dream, and yet not sleep; ,; Or wouldst thou, in a moment, laugh and weep ? Wouldst thou lose thyself, and catch no harm; And find thyself again without a charm ? • Wouldst... | |
 | 1900 - 514 pages
...led to expect from his personal character, is simple, unaffected, and direct. JOHN BUNYAN "Wouldst see A man i" the clouds, and hear him speak to thee ? " WHO has not read " Pilgrim's Progress " ? Who has not, in childhood, followed the wandering Christian... | |
 | Chauncey C. Starkweather - 1900 - 450 pages
...to expect from his personal character, is simple, unaffected, and direct. 234 JOHN BUNYAN "Wouldst see A man i' the clouds, and hear him speak to thee ? " WHO has not read " Pilgrim's Progress " ? Who has not, in childhood, followed the wandering Christian... | |
 | James Hampton Lee - 1901 - 162 pages
...airy flight I took alone; On winged steed traversed each earthly zone. " Dost thou love picking meat ? Or wouldst thou see A man i' the clouds and hear him speak to thee ? Wouldst read thyself, and read thou knowest not what, And yet know whether thou art blest or not By reading... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1903 - 416 pages
...riddles and their explanation ? Or else be drowned in thy contemplation ? Dost thou love picking meat ? Or wouldst thou see A man i' the clouds, and hear...wouldst thou in a moment laugh and weep ? Wouldest thon lose thyself and catch no harm, And find thyself again without a charm ? Wouldst read thyself,... | |
 | Samuel McChord Crothers - 1903 - 348 pages
...the enchanter, and we are the willing victims of his spells : — " Would'st thon see A man i' th' clouds and hear him speak to thee ? Would'st thou...would'st thou in a moment laugh and weep ? Wouldest thon lose thyself and catch no harm ? And find thyself again without a charm ? O then come hither And... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 486 pages
...else be drowned in thy contemplation ? Dost thou love picking meat ? or wouldst thou see A man i' th' clouds, and hear him speak to thee ? Wouldst thou...sleep ? Or wouldst thou in a moment laugh and weep ? Or wouldst thou lose thyself, and catch no harm, And find thyself again without a charm ? Wouldst... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 488 pages
...else be drowned in thy contemplation ? Dost thou love picking meat ? or wouldst thou see A man i' th' clouds, and hear him speak to thee ? Wouldst thou...sleep ? Or wouldst thou in a moment laugh and weep ? Or wouldst thou lose thyself, and catch no harm, And find thyself again without a charm ? Wouldst... | |
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