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" Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had... "
The Golden Sunset; Or, the Homeless Blind Girl - Page 209
by Annie Kane - 1867 - 235 pages
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The Works of William E. Channing, Volume 1

William Ellery Channing - Slavery - 1848 - 430 pages
...lovely in character. A remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth ; — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,...and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood...
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Sharpe's London Magazine: a Journal of Entertainment and ..., Volume 5

1848 - 322 pages
...MEADOWS. EXCBAVED BY OEOME DALZIEL. ON THE ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY. PAKT I. " I will tell you where ray early feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables...recount, in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood." — MILTON. IT is hardly possible to dwell on the remarkable characteristics of the Olden Time, without...
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William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 432 pages
...lovely in character. A remarkable passage to this effect, we quote from his account of his youth ; — " I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,...and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood...
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The Christian Observatory, Volume 3

Christianity - 1849 - 606 pages
...desirably stimulated and guided by works of fiction. " I will tell you," said Milton, " whither my young feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables...recount in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood." Still it is true, that of all the intellectual powers, this ordinarily needs the least of stimulus,...
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Milton's Paradise Lost: With Copious Notes, Explanatory and Critical, Partly ...

John Milton, James Prendeville - Bible - 1850 - 452 pages
...and unlawful prostitutions. Next (for hear me out now, readers) that I may tell ye whither my young feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn cantos die deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence held in renown all over Christendom....
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The works of John Milton in verse and prose, with a life of the ..., Volume 3

John Milton - 1851 - 544 pages
...feet wander'd ; I betook me among thofe lofty Fables and Romances, which recount in folemne canto's the deeds of Knighthood founded by our victorious Kings ; and from hence had in renowne over all Chriftendome. There I read it in the oath of every Knight, that he mould defend to...
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An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an ...

Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 510 pages
...agree to saleable and unlawful prostitutions. Next — for hear me out now, readers, that I may tell whither my younger feet wandered, — I betook me...and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read, in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood,...
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An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an ...

Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 512 pages
...proved by the following passage of the Apology for Smectymnuus, on which the critics seem to rest. I betook me among those lofty fables and romances...in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood, founded bv our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown all over Christendom. There I read it in the...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...himself, that can agree to niable and unlawful prostitutions. Next (for hear me out now, readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered; I betook me among those lofty fable« and romance?, which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 2

Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...and prepare himself for hardier tasks. • " Next — for hear me out now, readers, that I may tell whither my younger feet wandered, — I betook me...and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read, in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood,...
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