... 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. London society - Page 461862Full view - About this book
| Walter Raleigh - 1894 - 346 pages
...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 voice-music." It is difficult not to be reminded of a fine piece of tapestry by this artificial description, which... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 pages
...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...As for the houses of the country (for many houses came under their eye), they were all scattered, no two being one by the other, as yet not so far off... | |
| 1896 - 774 pages
...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. — Sidney. 2. Write a short essay in French on " Les Croisades." 3. Translate— (a) Bons fut li siecles... | |
| 1897 - 756 pages
...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 voice -music. As for the houses of the country — for many houses came under their eye — they were... | |
| Estelle May Hurll - 1899 - 514 pages
...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 voice-music." We could easily fancy that our picture of the Shepherdess was meant to illustrate a scene in Arcadia.... | |
| Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...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 voicetnusic. Sm PHTT.TP SIDNEY. " Many are tne tneugnte tnat la rrie, in rnv lenelY musing, find tn.eY... | |
| 1900 - 134 pages
...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 voice-music." We could easily fancy that our picture of the Shepherdess was meant to illustrate a scene in Arcadia.... | |
| 1901 - 686 pages
...boy piping as though he should never be old; there a young shepherdess knitting and singing withal ; and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to...work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music. AN ARCADIAN LOVE-LETTER. MOST blessed paper, which shall kiss that hand whereto all blesseduess is... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 pages
...piping, as though he should never be old : there a young shepherdess knstting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to...As for the houses of the country (for many houses came under their eye) they were scattered, no two being one by the other, and yet not so far off, as... | |
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