...has been too long abused. From these rustick fictions we are transported to another species cf hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of...hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influenccf and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend....

...has been too long Abused. I'rom these rustick fictions we are transported to another ^ecies of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of...triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Sain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend....

...Chivalry, but the manners described in them, that took his fancy; as appears from his Allegro — ' Towred cities please us then And the busy hum of men, Where...the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend • To win her grace, whom all commend. And when in the Penseroso he draws, by a fine contrivance, the same...

...but the manners described in them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Allegro-*— , Towred cities please us then And the busy hum of men, .••...judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. And when in the Penseroso he draws, by a fine contrivance, the same...

...courtesy of chivalry , it is the practice of heralds to blazon arms for unmarried ladies in a lozenge. " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, " In weeds...the prize " Of wit, or arms, while both contend " To win her grace, whom all commend." L' Allegro. From the institution of these and similar exercises,...

...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men ; Where...judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And...

...chimney's length. Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales,...judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with taper clear, And...

...their mental acquirements, agreeably to the description which Milton has given of these solemnities : Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds...judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. Such were the entertainments, which not the historian of chivalry,...

...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of d<jors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales,...judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And...

...forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear ». For here it is , that — « Throngs of knights and barons bold , In "weeds of...the prize • Of wit or arms , while both contend To win her grace , whom all commend «. To own the truth, it seems as if Beanie , though an enlightened...