 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...; as appears from his Allegro-*— , Towred cities please us then And the busy hum of men, .•• Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds...store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. And when in... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...tournaments, and all the paraphernalia of the Round Table. " Where throngs of knights and barons bold i In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Iteign influence, and judge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both intend To win her grace whom all... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...115 By whispering winds soon lullVl asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, 1^0 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Bain influence, and judge the prize Of wit^ or arms, while... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...a complete circuit of the moon from Une 69. Toured cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...a complete circuit of the moon from line 69Tow'rcd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold ! ^ In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while... | |
 | John Britton, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 734 pages
...and, though of great strength, it seems to have been one of those hospitable mansions," Wbere Huongs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, than than one of " those rugged fortresses degtined solely for war." * Within its moat it contains... | |
 | Allatson Burgh - Music - 1814 - 526 pages
...courtesy of chivalry , it is the practice of heralds to blazon arms for unmarried ladies in a lozenge. " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, " In weeds...of ladies, whose bright eyes " Rain influence, and judge the prize " Of wit, or arms, while both contend " To win her grace, whom all commend." L' Allegro.... | |
 | Jane West - 1814 - 378 pages
...privacy of her father's castle, rather than in the presence of so many aspiring rivals. CHAP. VII. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of lidies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...season lead, To the tann'd haycock in the mead. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold ; ^ With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1815 - 570 pages
...diversion must be regarded, it always reminded me of Milton's description of the entertainments, " Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold ; With stare of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the Prize." As soon as the Bull Feast... | |
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Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. 
