 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 sider
...favourite, will appear from what he said to Mr. Spence; from whose anecdotes this passage is transcribed : " There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in one's old-age, as it did in one's youth : I read the Faery Queen when I was about twelve with a vast deal... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 322 sider
...I had been showing her a collection of pictures. She said very right; and I know not how it is, but there is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faery Queen when I was about 12, with avast deal of delight; and I think it gave me as much when I... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 sider
...had been showing her a collection of pictures. She said very right ; and I know not how it is, but there is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faery Queen when I was about 12, with avast deal of delight; and I think it gave me as much when I... | |
 | William Davis - 1821 - 776 sider
...ago to an old lady between 70 and 80 years of age, she said, " t hat I had been showing her a Gullery of Pictures" I don't know how it is, but she said...pleases one as strongly in one's old age as it did hi one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight i and I think... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 416 sider
...appear from what he said to Mr. Spence, from whose Anecdotes I transcribe literally this passage : " There is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve with a vast deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much when... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 412 sider
...appear from what he said to Mr. Spence, from whose Anecdotes I transcribe literally this passage : " There is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve with a vast deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much when... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 sider
...appear from what he said to Mr. Spence, from whose Anecdotes I transcribe literally this passage : " There is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen, when I was about twelve, with a vast deal of delight ; and I think, it gave me as much... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 sider
...appear from what he said to Mr. Spence, from whose Anecdotes I transcribe literally this passage : " There is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen, when I was about twelve, with a vast deal of delight ; and I think, it gave me as much... | |
 | William Goodhugh - 1827 - 402 sider
...and magnificently descriptive than it ever was before ; he is the Rubens of English Poetry. Campbell. There is something in Spenser that pleases one as...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queene when I was about twelve with a vast deal of delight. Pope. Michael Drayton was one of... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838 - 520 sider
...70. and 74. -j- This was the expression of Pope. (Spence, p. 171.) He said, on another occasion : — "There is something in Spenser " that pleases one...one's old age as it did in one's " youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve, " with infinite delight, and I think it gave me as much when I... | |
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There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago. 
