...squabbling imps, but to the forest sped. His highest authority, however, is Milton, who says of himself, When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing. Such general rules, however, are as little applicable to the dispositions of men of genius as to their...

...afforded a vent for his affections, His highest authority, however, is Milton, who says of himself, " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing." Such general rules, however, are as little applicable to the dispositions of men of genius as to their...

...substitute for the ties of home* His highest authority, however, is Milton, who says of him«elf, " \Vhen I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing*" Such general rules, however, are iis little applicable to the itispoMiions of men of genius as to their...

...squabbling imps, but to the forest sped. His highest anthority, however, is Milton, who says of himself, When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing. Such general rules, however, are as little applicable to the dispositions of men of genius as to their...

...obscurity until the prime of his life, and then he became eminent. On the contrary, the learned Lord Somers seemed to possess a taste for knowledge in his infancy....name, by applying to him, from Virgil, Bos SUETUS aratro, an ox accustomed to the plough. Gassendi, at four years of age, used to deliver sermons to...

... LITERARY LIFE, .. , ANll MISCELLANIES, JOHN gALT. When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good. MILTON....

...and hear What from without comes often to my ears, 111 sorting with my present state compar'd ! aoo When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing, all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; my self...

...were remarkably serious boys. Milton has preserved for us, in solemn numbers, his school-life— * When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good, myself...

...myself, and hear What from without comes often to my ears, III anting with my present state compared ! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing; all my mind was set Serious to Icam and know, and thence to do, What might be public good; myself I...

...imps, but to the forest sped." His highest authority, however, is Milton, who says of bin* self, " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing." Such general rules, however, are as little applicable to the dispositions of men of genius as to their...