... comfort; here a shepherd's boy piping, as though he should never be old; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work and her hands kept time to her voicemusic. University of Nevada Studies - Page 16by University of Nevada - 1908Full view - About this book
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved the dam's comfort. Here a shepherd's boy piping as though he...her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music. As for the houses of the country (for muny houses came under their eye) they were all... | |
| 1893 - 840 pages
...pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved their dams' comfort ; here a shepherd-boy piping as if we should never be old, there a young shepherdess knitting...seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work, for her hands kept time to her music. MY text is from Sir Philip Sidney's " Arcadia," a country which... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 pages
...with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs, with bleating oratory craved the dam's comfort ; here a shepherd's boy piping, as though...her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music. As for the houses of the country (for many houses came under their eye) they *ere scattered,... | |
| G. A. Perdicaris - Greece - 1845 - 336 pages
...with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs, with bleating oratory crave the dames' comfort ; here a shepherd's boy piping, as though...young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seems that her voice comforts her hands to work, and her hands keep time to her voice-music. As for... | |
| British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...eye-pleasing flowers : thickets, which, being lined with most pleasant shade, were witnessed so, too, by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds...her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music. As for the houses of the country, (for many houses came under their eye,) they were all... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...sheep, feeding with sober security ; while the prettv lambs, with bleating oratory, craved the dam's As Philomel in summer's front doth sing, And stops...hush the night, But that wild music burdens every voice-music. [A Stag Hunt.] Then went they together abroad, the good Kalander entertaining them with... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...security ; while the pretty lambs, with bleating oratory, craved the dam's comfort ; here a shepherd s boy piping, as though he should never be old ; there...her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music. [A Slag Burnt.} Then went they together abroad, the good Kalander entertaining them with... | |
| Gallery - 1848 - 282 pages
...sheep, feeding with sober security; while the pretty lambs, with bleating oratory, craved the dam's comfort ; here a shepherd's boy, piping, as though...her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music." It is but supposing the figures in the foreground to represent a shepherd-boy and a youthful... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...the pretty lambs, with bleating oratory, craved the dam's comfort ; here a shepherd's boy piping, u me fetch thee thirty shillings ! I put thee now to...canst. Fat. My lord, this is a poor mad soul ; and voice-music. [A Stag Hunt.} Then went they together abroad, the good Kalander entertaining them with... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...security ; while the pretty lambs, with bleating oratory, craved the dam's comfort; here a shepherd s , lads, I a bauds to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music. [A Stay //••«'.] Then went they together... | |
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