 ... 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
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1898 - 872 pages
...with it glimpses of English landscape like those in L' Allegro, where one might walk with Milton : not unseen By hedgerow, elms, on hillocks green, While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe. And now, shut the dictionary... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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 marriag-e, and he describes the beauty of his retreat in that fine passage of his L'jlllegro : Sometimes walking not unseen, By hedge-row... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 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... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - English letters - 1866 - 548 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": " Sometimes walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms on hillocks green, » His translation, from the... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - American letters - 1866 - 540 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 " : " Sometimes walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms on hillocks green, His translation,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1873 - 480 pages
...field-paths, sheep and oxen, and other pastoral amenities : — "Sometimes walking, not unseen, By the hedge-row elms on hillocks green ; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1874 - 496 pages
...field-paths, sheep and oxen, and other pastoral amenities : — '' Sometimes walking, not unseen, By the hedge-row elms on hillocks green ; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1877 - 732 pages
...marriage, and he describes the beauties of this retreat in that fine passage of his I'AJlegro :— Sometime walking not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on...hillocks green,— While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistle* o'er the furrowed land. And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his sithe, And... | |
 | Francis Francis - Fishing - 1878 - 252 pages
...come thou goddess, fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne. . . . Let us go forth and " wander " Not unseen By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, *****...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land ; And the milkmaid [Maudlyn, of course] singeth blythe, And the mower whets his scythe,... | |
 | Francis Francis - Fishing - 1878 - 236 pages
...come thou goddess, fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne. . . . Let us go forth and " wander " Not unseen By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, *****...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land ; And the milkmaid [Maudlyn, of course] singeth blythe, And the mower whets his scythe,... | |
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