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" ... with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue... "
Helps for Ambitious Girls - Page 304
by William Drysdale - 1900 - 505 pages
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The Works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. in Prose and Verse: I. A ...

Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; and> pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedneis to virtue ; eveu as the child is often brought to take moft wholefbme things by hiding them...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and pretending no...mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and pretending no...from wickedness to •virtue ; even as the child is often brought to tak« most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and pretending no more, doth in? tend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by' hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 550 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and pretending no more, doth in-> tend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and, pretending...mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste :...
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The New-York Literary Gazette, and Phi Beta Kappa Repository, Volume 1

Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimneycorner ; and pretenling no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the child is often hrought to take most wholesome things, hy hiding .them in such other as have a pleat-int taste."...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner; and, pretending no...mind from wickedness to virtue; even as the child is most often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste.—...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...music, and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale, which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner; and, pretending no...mind from wickedness to virtue; even as the child is most often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste.—Sir...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 548 pages
...with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner;* and, pretrnding no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste...
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