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 | Gerard Langbaine - English drama - 1691 - 626 pages
...School",. "iriftead of 'running about on Holidays, and playing wid| ' his Fellows, he was wont to f teal from them, ' and walk into the Fields, either alo'ne with ' a Book ; or with folnt One CompKnJfoilj ff he 'could find any of the fame TerapeK '; • His firft Inclinations to Poetry,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...at fchool, inftead of running about on holy-days and playing with my fellows ; I was wont to Iteal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with fome one companion, if I could find any of the fame temper. I was then, too, fo much an enemy to all... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1772 - 298 pages
...boy at fchool, inftead of running about on holy-days and playing with my fellows; I was wont to Heal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with fome one companion, if I could find any of the fame temper. .1 was then, too, fo much an enemy to all... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...boy at fchool, inftead of running about on holy-days and playing with my fellows; I was wont to fleal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with fome one companion, if I could find any of the fame temper. I was then, too, fo much an enemy to all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 514 pages
...boy at fchool, inftead of running about on holy-days and playing with my fellows, I was wont to fteal from them, and walk into the fields,, either alone with a book, or with fome or,: companion, if I could find any of the fame, temper. I was then, too, fo much an enemy to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 424 pages
...at fchool, inftead , of running about on holy-days and playing with my fellows, I was wont to fteal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, pr with fome one companion, if I could find any of the fame, temper. I was then, too, fo much an enemy... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...plants are said to turn away from others, by an antipathy imperceptible to themselves, and inscrutable to man's understanding. Even when I was a very young boy at school, instead of running about on holy-days and playing with my fellows, I was wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...plants are said to turn away from others, by an antipathy imperceptible to themselves, and inscrutable to man's understanding. Even when I was a very young...the fields, either alone with a book, or with some on* companion, if I could find any of the same temper. I was then, too, so much an enemy to constraint,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...antipathy imperceptible to themselves, and inscrutable to man's understanding. Even •when I was si very young boy at school, instead of running about...the fields, either alone with a book, or with some ono companion, if I could find any of the same temper. 1 was then, too, so much an enemy to constraint,... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...plants are said to turn away from others, by an antipathy inperceptible to themselves, and inscrutable to man's understanding. Even when I was a very young...about on holidays, and playing with my fellows, I WHS wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone, or with a book, or with some one... | |
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