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" ... he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with or prepared for the well-enchanting skill of music, and with a tale, forsooth ; he cometh unto you, with a tale, which holdeth children from play and old men from the... "
Appendicia Et Pertinentiae; Or, Parochial Fragments Relating to the Parish ... - Page 178
by John Wood Warter - 1853
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 10

1824 - 378 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play,...pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the * We have here, undoubtedly, the origin of Shakspeare's" That elder ears played truant at his tale,...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...with, or prepared for the well-enchanting skill of music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...
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The New-York Literary Gazette, and Phi Beta Kappa Repository, Volume 1

1826 - 450 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimneycorner ; and pretenling no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the child...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue;...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue;...
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Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 550 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which' holdeth children from play,...the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 548 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner;* and, pretrnding no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

1831 - 368 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play,...the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as...
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American Monthly Review, Volume 1

Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play,...the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as...
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Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 270 pages
...with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music ; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play,...the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue." in fine, all the popular objections against poetry may be, not only satisfactorily, but triumphantly...
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