...fovereign quality in poetry, which, as an old writer of our own naturally exprefles it, is of force to hold children from play, and old men from the chimney corner [*]. The poet, in the place before us, confiders it as a kind of magic virtue, which tranfports the...

...sovereign quality in poetry, which, as an old writer of our own naturally expresses it, is of force to hold children, from play, and old men from the chimney corner*. The poet, in the place before us, considers it as a kind of magic virtue, which transports the spectator...

...sovereign quality in poetry, which, as an old writer of our own naturally expresses it, is of force to hold children from play, and old men from the chimney corner*. The poet, in the place before us, considers it as a kind of magic virtue, which transports the spectator...

...sovereign quality in poetry, which, as an old writer of our own naturally expresses it, is of farce to hold children from play, and old men from the chimney corner*. The poet, in the place before us, considers it as a kind of magic virtue, which transports the spectator...

...story of the sublime old tar can ever be told in a manner more thoroughly delightful. It is a " tale to hold children from play, and old men from the chimney corner." Yon move upon enchanted ground, and every sight and every sound is framed for charming. But this praise...

...done so with one, which has an interest like that which i-ir I'hilip Sidney ascribes to the poet — " to hold children from play, and old men from the chimney corner." It is translated from the French, and published by Derby & Jackson, wilh the title of •• Jules...

...criticism, possess also a peculiar charm for the popular heart. " He cometh unto you with songs, which hold children from play, and old men from the chimney corner." In the table of contents, among fine poems of a more recent date, the reader will recognize many a rare...

...health and reason were finally restored. His unparalleled journey was over five hundred miles long. What a romance his adventures would make ! Let Charles...children from play and old men from the chimney corner. But let the novelist for once pity and spare us, and not transform poor White into a walking cyclopedia...

...lacking in available material of this kind. Many are the historical tales which indeed have the power to "hold children from play and old men from the chimney corner." Can we not bear this in mind as we suggest summer reading to our pupils ? If the particular class you...

...sentiment, of natural description as such, are pretty well absent. Still there is in the poem enough to hold children from play and old men from the chimney corner. It is a record of manliness, of readiness of resource, of kingship of men, of large projects and solid...