 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening...  History of English Literature - Стр. 246авторы: Hippolyte Taine - 1871Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | New selection, Francis BEARDSALL - 1836 - Страниц: 170
...Christ, for ever blest — ES** For Temperance Festivals. " And while the'bubbl'ing and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." COWPER. 24. c. M. An Address to Tea. Oh, tea! with thee goes forth a charm Unknown to spirit's rules... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - Страниц: 490
...again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws...inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. (11. 25-41) Here is quiet and gentle curiosity— no burst of eloquence. Such is Cowper's... | |
 | 1888 - Страниц: 1026
...shutters fast, Let fall the eurtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing um Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not iuebriate, wait on each, So let us vvelcome peaceful everiing in. (IV, 36 ff.) Welch ein lebendiges,... | |
 | R. E. F. Smith, David Christian - 1984 - Страниц: 426
...century'.96 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Cowper, The Task, book IV, I.34 (1783) These hissing urns were, of course, often of silver or silver... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - Страниц: 180
...home: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. WILLIAM COWPER Did you ever wonder where the description cups, that cheer, but not inebriate, came... | |
 | Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall - 1987 - Страниц: 577
...shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. The cosy fire, the close fitting shutters keeping out not only wind and rain but the social disorder... | |
 | Kit Boey Chow, Ione Kramer - 1990 - Страниц: 212
...shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round; And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Englands infatuation with the beverage in the first half of the eighteenth century was so great that... | |
 | Yvonne Wrightman - 1994 - Страниц: 68
...shuttersJast, Let Jail the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let's welcome peaceful ev'ning in. William Cowper (1731-1800) The Task, IV Tea tasting was and is still... | |
 | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth Carver Wees - 1997 - Страниц: 606
...rituals: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws...inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.73 NOTES 1. The literature on coffee and tea is considerable. For in-depth overviews, see Ukers... | |
 | Steven Earnshaw - 2000 - Страниц: 308
...leitmotif: 'Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, / Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, / And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn / Throws...inebriate, wait on each, / So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.''5 He immediately contrasts his perfect retreat with the crowd of the world at large and... | |
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