 being accounted the best book of the kind, my " pen cannot enough describe how A. Wood's " tender affections and insatiable desire of know" ledge were ravished, and melted down, by the " reading of that book. What by music, and rare " books that he found...  Walks in Oxford. 2 vols. [in 1]. - Pagina 218de W M. Wade - 1817Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Thomas Hearne - 1772 - 490 pagini
...infat1able def1re of knowledg, were ravifhed and melted downe by the reading of that book. What by Mufick and rare books that he found in the public Library, his Life at this time and after was a perfecl: Elyfmm. In the latter end of Oftob. he began to furveyoa. 29. and tranfcribe the Monumental... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 530 pagini
...situation of this cross was rather singular, namely, at the bottom of the steps leading up to the altar. " Antiquities of Warwickshire, &c. written by Will....given of him by Sir John Peshall,. is, on the whole, as just, as it is favourable and humane. " He had " a natural propensity to discover, and an un" daunted... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 524 pagini
...know* " ledge were ravished, and melted down, by *' reading of that book. What by music, and rarq " books that he found in the public library, his *'...even mere personal pique, to influence his report of bot&ipersons and events, has not unfrequently been at". leged ; but let us rather hope, that the chan... | |
 | John Norris - 1839 - 82 pagini
...declares, that he never entered into it without great veneration. What (says he of himself in 1656) by music and rare books that he found in the public...life at this time and after was a perfect Elysium. Wood's collections, which are equally extensive and curious in all matters relative to Oxford and its... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pagini
...insatiable desire of knowledge, were ravished and melted downe by the reading of that book. What by Musick and rare books that he found in the Public Library, his life at this time and after wai a perfect Elysium." duced," puts us much in mind of our own day and Paganini. Really Balizar seems... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1872 - 530 pagini
...ravished and melted downe by the reading of that book," at Oxford, in the summer of 1656. "What by musick and rare books that he found in the public library,...life, at this time and after, was a perfect Elysium." Years later we come upon him perusing the registers of abbeys and priories, and " it was an exceeding... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1875 - 630 pagini
...infa'iahle desire of knowledge were ravished and melted down by the reading of that book. What with music and rare books that he found in the public library, his life at this time was a perfect Elysium— (p. 68.) Nor did he merely play with his subject as a dilettante, but worked... | |
 | Mark Pattison - 1889 - 518 pagini
...how A. Wood's tender affections, and insatiable desire of knowledg, were ravished and melted downe by the reading of that book. What by music and rare...life, at this time and after, was a perfect Elysium' Nor did he merely play with his subject as a dilettante, but worked at it long workman's hours. When... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1891 - 630 pagini
...insatiable desire of knowledg were ravish'd and melted downe by the reading of that book. What by musick and rare books that he found in the public library,...life, at this time and after, was a perfect Elysium. September. — The 4 of September (Th.), 1656, I bought me a perewige of my barber, 6s. October. —... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1895 - 298 pagini
...Antiquities of Warwickshire, "how A. Wood's tender affections and insatiable desire of knowledg were ravish'd and melted down by the reading of that book. What...life at this time and after was a perfect Elysium." " Wood often went for long, solitary walks, collecting arms and monumental inscriptions from the churches,... | |
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