...poets. This I did without any design but that of pleasing myself, and got the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read, rather than read the books to get the language. I followed everywhere as my fancy led me, and was like a boy gathering flowers in the field,...

...This I did," he says, " without any design except to amuse myself, and got 00 the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read, rather...gathering flowers in the fields and woods, just as they fell in his way. These five or six years I » looked upon as the happiest in my life." Is not here...

...as a boy " I took to reading by myself, for which I had a very great eagerness and enthusiasm. ... I followed everywhere as my fancy led me, and was...gathering flowers in the fields and woods just as they fell his way." Moore, in his Life of Byron, gives a list which the author of Childe Harold jotted down...

...poets. This I did without any design but that of pleasing myself, and got the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read, rather...led me, and was like a boy gathering flowers in the woods and the fields just as they fall in his way. I still look upon these five or six years as the...

..."This I did," he says, "without any design except to amuse myself; and got the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read, rather...gathering flowers in the fields and woods, just as they fell in his way. These five or six years I looked upon as the happiest in my life." Is not here a beautiful...