 Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters, than in tap'stry halls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended...  The Vision, Or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise - Page 232by Dante Alighieri - 1847 - 543 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
..."Iwlnk'd," I. e. mm 252 MILTON. [CHARLES n. Latly. Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy. Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended : in a place... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...you may be safe wo Till further quest. LAD. Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds...tap'stry halls And courts of princes, where it first was nam'd, sas And yet is most pretended : in a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I cannot... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 548 pages
...This is the origin of the term, though there is abundant foundation for the remark of the poet — " Courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls And courts of princes, where at first 'twas nam'd, And yet is most pretended."1 1 Milton,... | |
 | Popular readings - 1867 - 266 pages
...where you may be safe Till further quest. Lady. Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds...where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I cannot be, that I should fear to change it.... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...courtesy, Which oft is soonest found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls In court of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. Cbmia. Apemantus. So, so ; there ! — Aches contract and starve your supple joints ! That there should... | |
 | 1868 - 904 pages
...unscientific Highlander, with his native truth, gallantry, and generosity — aye, and even that " Honest courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tap'stry halls, In courts of princes, whero it first was nam'd, And yet is most pretended." Over the relics of ancient... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...may be safe Till further quest Lady. Shepherd, I take thy word, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. In a place 236 Less warranted than this, or less secure, I cannot be, that I should fear to change... | |
 | John Milton - 1906 - 124 pages
...honest-offered courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters than in tapestry halls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I cannot be, that I should fear to change it.... | |
 | John Milton - 1908 - 440 pages
...you may be safe 320 Till further quest. Lady. Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters than in tapestry halls And courts of princes, where it first was named, 325 And yet is most pretended. In a... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1909 - 572 pages
...you may be safe 320 Till further quest. Lady. Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest offered courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds...halls And courts of princes, where it first was named 325 And yet is most pretended. In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I cannot be, that... | |
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