 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 pages
...the Reader," the poet says " I was in a fit of the gout when I first projected the following Ode, . and being not able to handle a pen, or turn over the leaves of a book, I happened to fall into a contemplation of the celestial bodies, with the modern opinions of wise men... | |
 | John Symons - 1872 - 188 pages
...reader, the poet says :— " I was in a fit of the gout when first I projected the -following Ode, and being not able to handle a pen, or turn over the leaves of a book, I happened to fall into a contemplation of the celestial bodies, with the modern opinions of wise men... | |
 | Reginald Walter Corlass - 1879 - 188 pages
...prefacing this, the author says : " I was in a fit of the gout when I first projected the following ode, and, being not able to handle a pen, or turn over the leaves of a book, I happened to fall into a contemplation of the celestial bodies, with the modern opinions of wise men... | |
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... Fiction of a War among the Stars. In English, Latine and Greek Lyrick Verse. Useful for Schools, and such as would apply themselves to the Study of Astronomy, and the Celestial Globe." In an " Address to the Reader," the poet says " I was in a fit... 