 | Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 sider
...concluding, that he had been showing her a gallery of pictures. There is something, added the poet, in Spenser, that pleases one as strongly in 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 read... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 sider
...days ago, to an old lady between seventy and eighty years of age, she said that I hud been shewing her a gallery of pictures. I don't know how it is,...one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fuerie Queene when I was about twelve, with infinite delight ; and I think it gave me as much when... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1837 - 496 sider
...70. and 74. f This was the expression of Pope. (Spence, p. 171.) He said, on another occasion : — " 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 infinite delight, and I think it gave me as much when I... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1837 - 522 sider
...70. and 74. f 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... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1837 - 494 sider
...70. and 74. f This was the expression of Pope. (Spence, p. 171.) He said, on another occasion : — " There is something in Spenser " that pleases one as strongly in one's old age as it did in one's 0{ " youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve, " with infinite delight, and I think it... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - 388 sider
...between seventy and eighty years of age, she said that I had been showing ther a gallery of pictures. She said very right; there is something in Spenser...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 read... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1839 - 532 sider
...70. and 74. t This was the expression of Pope. (Spence, p. 171.) He said, on another occasion : — " 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 infinite delight, and I think it gave me as much when I... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 sider
...The man * Pope makes this remark with regard to his own enjoyment of the pnem ; " There is Bomething in Spenser, that pleases one as strongly in one's old age, as it did in one's youth. 1 read the ' Faerie Queene ' when I was about twelve with infinite delight, and I think it gave me... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 sider
...reading," said Pope, " a canto of Spenser two or three days ago to an old lady, between seventy and eighty years of age, she said that I had been showing her...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 sider
...reading," said Pope, " a canto of Spenser two or three days ago to an old lady, between seventy and eighty years of age, she said that I had been showing her...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... | |
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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. 
