 While maidens laugh'd and minstrels sang, Still closer to her ear — But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear ? Or wherefore trace from what slight cause Its source one tyrant passion draws, Till,...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 244publié par - 1814Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 760 pages
...little work. — Quarterly Review. Its source one tyrant passion draws, Till, mastering all within,1 Where lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin ! " 1 One MASTER PASSION in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest. — Pope. THE BRIDAL... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 622 pages
...wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear ? Or wherefore trace from what slight causeIts source one tyrant passion draws, Till, mastering all within, Where lives the man that has not tried 410 How mirth can into folly glide And folly into sin 1 ' CANTO SECOND LYULPH'S TALE CONTINUED ' ANOTHER... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...And many a word at random spoken May soothe, or wound, a heart that 's broken ! Canto t. Stanza I5. Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin ! Bridal of Tntrmain. Canto i. Stanza 21. Still are the thoughts to memory dear. Eokeby. Canto i. Stanza... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott, edited by J. Logie Robertson, M.A. - 1904 - 986 pages
...closer to her ear — But why pursue the common tale ? Or wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear ? Or wherefore trace, from what slight...that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, Г,6о Il] 561 Canto Second. LYULPH'S TALE, CONTINUED. 'ANOTHER day, another day, And yet another,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 616 pages
...wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear? Or wherefore trace, from what slight eause Its source one tyrant passion draws, Till, mastering...How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin ! ' CANTO SECOND. ¿Cgulj's Calt tonitimcb. " Another day, another day, And yet another, glides away... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pages
...Vicar of Wakefield, II, 5 Shoot folly as it fliesPOPE, Essay on Man, Epistle i, line 13 Where lives a man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! SCOTT, Bridal of Triermain, Canto i, st, 21 Folly in fools bears not so strong a note As foolery in... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 pages
...closer to her ear — But why pursue the common tale ? Or wherefore show how knights prevail When ladies dare to hear ? Or wherefore trace, from what slight...that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, seen. II ! 561 Canto Second. LYULPH S TALE, CONTINUED. •ANOTHER day, another day, And yet another,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...ears. — Thackeray. Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so. — Melcalf. an being purely and warmly, and you will love all. — The heart in this heaven, like the !— Walter Scott. Fools are often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pages
...ears. — Tharkeray. Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so. — Metcalf. ein !— Walter Scott. Fools are often united in the etricteet intimacies, as the lighter kinds of... | |
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