...shut myself up." " ' The occasion ?' asked Tremaine. " ' Why, wisdom's self, you know, * Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruined, and sometimes impair'd.' " ' But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind —...

...often shut myself up." v< The occasion ?" asked Tremaine. " Why wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, * Where, with her best nurse,...wings, ' That in the various bustle of resort ' Were all too ruffled, and sometime impair'd." "But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind —...

...often shut myself up." " The occasion ?" asked Tremaine. " Why wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, ' Where, with her best nurse,...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, ' 'lliat in the various bustle of resort ' Were all too ruffled, and sometime impair'd." " But seriously,...

...retired solitude, AVhere with her best nurse, Contemplation, 3 Hrlynt, Hist. des Ordres Monastiques, ti She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. But this kind of seclusion is not to be found in a monastery,...

...naturally desire to have some time to itself, undisturbed by the calls of business, or even of friendship : And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, 3 Helyot, Hi«.t. des Ordres Monastiquen, ti She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wing», That...

...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i'th'...

...night is Cupid's day.' Milton, in his Comus, might have been indebted to Shakspeare:— ' Virtue can see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.' 5 Civil is grave, solemn. Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-brow'd night 7 , Give me my Romeo:...

...night is Cupid's day.' Milton, in his Comus, might have been indebted to Shakspeare : — ' Virtue can see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.' 5 Civil is grave, solemn. 6 These are terms of falconry. An unmanned hawk is one that is not brought...

...night is Cupid's day.' Milton, in his Comus, might have been indebted to Shakspeare : — ' Virtue can see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.' 5 Civil is grave, solemn. Come, gentle night; come, loving, black- brow'd night7, Give me my Romeo...

...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not,} Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could sec to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat sea sunk....