 | 1840 - 528 σελίδες
...the cruel fathers among the Greeks were wont to do to the babes they would not foster) I could well find in my heart to cast out in some desert of forgetfulness this child which I am loth to father. It is only done for you, only to you ; for severer eyes it is not, being but a trifle, and that triflingly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1847 - 458 σελίδες
...to his sister the Countess of Pembroke. " You desired me to do it," says Sidney's own Dedication ; " and your desire, to my heart, is an absolute commandment. Now it is done only for you, only to you For, indeed, for severer eyes it is not, being but a trifle, and that triflingly handled. Your dear... | |
 | T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 σελίδες
...Pembroke, the subject of Ben Jonson's celebrated epitaph. In his dedication to this beloved sister he says: "You desired me to do it, and your desire, to my heart,...absolute commandment. Now, it is done only for you ; if you keep it to yourself, or commend it to such friends who will weigh errors in the balance of... | |
 | S. M. Henry Davis - 1859 - 326 σελίδες
...the preface to her that, " like the spider's web, it will be thought only fit to be swept away." " You desired me to do it, and your desire to my heart is an absolute commandment. Tt is not for severer eyes, being but a trifle, and triflingly handed." — " Your dear self can best... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1862 - 588 σελίδες
...the cruel fathers among the Greeks were wont to do to the babes they would not foster, I could well find in my heart to cast out in some desert of forgetfulness this child which I am loth to father, t Eut you desired me to do it, and your desire to my heart is an absolute commandment. Now, it is done... | |
 | 1863 - 646 σελίδες
...watehed over by her with sueh interest from its earliest eommeneement, and dedieated to her, beeause "You desired me to do it, and your desire to my heart is an absolute eommandment ? " But, negleeted as it is now, and has been for the last hundred years, during the greater... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 σελίδες
...interfered after his death for their preservation. He had dedicated the work to her, saying to her, " You desired me to do it, and your desire to my heart is an absolute commandment. For severer eyes it is not, being but a trifle, and that triflingly handled." It was written in the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 420 σελίδες
...spider's web, will be thought fitter to be swept away than worn to any other purpose. ... I could well find in my heart to cast out in some desert of forgetfulness this child which I am loath to father. But you desired me to do it ; and your desire, to my heart, is an absolute commandment.... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1887 - 232 σελίδες
...publication. Dedicating the book to his " Dear lady and fair sister the Countess of Pembroke," he says :— " You desired me to do it, and your desire, to my heart,...commandment. Now it is done only for you, only to you." Aubrey tells us that Sidney " was wont to take his table-book out of his pocket and write down his... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1887 - 502 σελίδες
...the cruel fathers among the Greeks were wont to do to the babes they would not foster, I could well find in my heart to cast out in some desert of forgetfulness this child which I am loth to father. Hut you desired me to do it, and your desire to my heart is an absolute commandment. Now it is done... | |
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But you desired me to do it, and your desire to my heart is an absolute commandment. Now it is done only for you, only to you... 
