 ... out in the morning, in company with a friend, to visit a place, where Milton spent some part of his life, and where, in all probability, he composed several of his earliest productions. It is a small village, situated on a pleasant...  The British Prose Writers - Page 291821Full view - About this book
 | Conduct of life - 1836 - 342 pages
...small village, situated on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oxford, called Forest Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...his retreat in that fine passage of his " L'Allegro :" * His translation, from the Persian, of the Life of Nidar Shah. * Sometimes walking, not unseen,... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - English letters - 1841 - 338 pages
...small village, situated on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oxford, called Forest Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...beauties of his retreat in that fine passage of his " L' Allegro :" * Hii translation, from the Persian, of the Life of Nidar •tab ' Sometimes walking,... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...It is a small village on a pleasant hill, about five miles from Oxford, called Forest-hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...his first marriage, and he describes the beauties of this retreat in that fine passage of his L' Allegro : — ' Sometime walking not unseen, By hedge-row... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...village, situated on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oxford, and called Forest Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...retirement after his first marriage, and he describes the beauty of his retreat in that fine passage of his L'Allegro: " Sometimes walking, not unseen, By hedge-row... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...It is a small village on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oxford, called Forest Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...beauties of his retreat in that fine passage of his L' Allegro : — " ' Sometimes walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, or hillocks green, — While... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 512 pages
...It is a small village on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oxford, called Forest Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...beauties of his retreat in that fine passage of his L' Allegro : — Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, etc. " It was neither... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...It is a small village on a pleasant hill, about five miles from Oxford, called Forest Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...his first marriage, and he describes the beauties of this retreat in that fine passage of his L' Allegro : ' Sometime walking not unseen, By hedgerow elms,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...village, situated on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oxford, and called Forest-Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...retirement after his first marriage, and he describes the beauty of his retreat in that fine passage of his L" Allegro: Sometimes walking not unseen, By hedge-row... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...village, situated on a pleasant hill, about three miles from Oiford, and called Forest-Hill, because it formerly lay contiguous to a forest, which has...retirement after his first marriage, and he describes the beauty of his retreat in that fine passage of his L 'Allegro: Sometimes walking not unseen, By hedge-row... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...marriage, and he describes the beauties of this retreat in that fine passage of his L' Allegro : — Sometime walking not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid slngeth blithe, And the mower whets his sithe. And every shepherd tells... | |
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