The Old English Gentleman,: A Poem,Cadell and Davies, Strand; Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and Dilly, in the Poultry., 1797 - 146 Seiten |
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... hath nothing charac- teristically just in it : but his vifit was tran- fitory ; his object , a borough . In these and other instances , I have attempted to mark the peculiarities of my native county ; whilst I have been careful in ...
... hath nothing charac- teristically just in it : but his vifit was tran- fitory ; his object , a borough . In these and other instances , I have attempted to mark the peculiarities of my native county ; whilst I have been careful in ...
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... Hath round each ancient vill its poifon roll'd , Laid bare the bowers of privacy and health , And crept o'er all the land with gradual stealth . Yet , tho ' rank opulence , upfprung from trade , Allure the dazzled throng by fplendor's ...
... Hath round each ancient vill its poifon roll'd , Laid bare the bowers of privacy and health , And crept o'er all the land with gradual stealth . Yet , tho ' rank opulence , upfprung from trade , Allure the dazzled throng by fplendor's ...
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... hath gain'd a caufe " By the smart action of his lanthorn jaws , " But , on a fudden , how fubmifs and mute " If his nofe fuffer in fome fharp difpute ; " Who , though each hour a fad confumptive cough « Threaten to carry the poor ...
... hath gain'd a caufe " By the smart action of his lanthorn jaws , " But , on a fudden , how fubmifs and mute " If his nofe fuffer in fome fharp difpute ; " Who , though each hour a fad confumptive cough « Threaten to carry the poor ...
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... hath been quaintly termed ) , will object to the epithet " good " in this place - referring the author to " Speluncam Dido , Dux et Trojanus - where Virgil had more judgment , it seems , than to call his hero " pius . " Or , of her ...
... hath been quaintly termed ) , will object to the epithet " good " in this place - referring the author to " Speluncam Dido , Dux et Trojanus - where Virgil had more judgment , it seems , than to call his hero " pius . " Or , of her ...
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... where banks of bafil thrive , " And with ambrofial fweets enrich the hive : " fuperior to the above , in point of melody , but , on fome ac- counts , exceptionable . * " What tho ' , when night hath all THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN . 45.
... where banks of bafil thrive , " And with ambrofial fweets enrich the hive : " fuperior to the above , in point of melody , but , on fome ac- counts , exceptionable . * " What tho ' , when night hath all THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN . 45.
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amid amidſt ancient Andarton bade beneath bluſh boaſt bofom bouncing boy cauſe cloſe Corniſh Cornwall deem'd DEVON diſtance erft fafe falute fame farmers faſhion feat fhade figh filk filver firft firſt focial foft fome foon fpirits ftill fuch fuperior fweet gloom grace guife hail'd HARRIET hath heart himſelf HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE houſe houſehold HUMPHREY's juſt Knight laſt lefs lord lov'd Mamhead Manaccan maſter Mifs PRUE moſt muft muſt nofe noſe o'er obfervation Octavo OLD ENGLISH OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN once paſt perhaps pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poem poor praiſe prefent pride Queen MATILDA RACHEL racters rais'd refpect rofe ſcarcely ſcene ſchool ſeems ſhe ſhed ſheep ſhould Sir HUMPHREY ſmile ſmooth ſport ſpray ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtore ſuch ſweet taſte themſelves THEOCRITUS theſe thofe thoſe thro tongue Twas Unleſs uſed vulgar weſtern whilft whofe Whoſe wiſh wonted
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Seite 76 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims...
Seite 132 - ... than one hundred a year is forbidden to kill a partridge on his own estate, yet nobody else (not even the lord of the manor, unless he hath a grant of free warren) can do it without committing a trespass, and subjecting himself to an action.
Seite 116 - Or catch th' elusive apple with a bound. As with its taper it flew whizzing round." Luther, in his " Colloquia," i. 233, tells us that " upon the eve of Christmas Day the women run about and strike a swinish hour (pulsant horam suillam) : if a great hog grunts, it denotes the future husband to oe an old man, if a small one, a young man.
Seite vi - By all that from thy prophet broke, In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee!
Seite 114 - Sir HUMPHREY hail'd his coetaneous oak. " Each year ("the Knight would cry) each year I fee " Thy ftem that argues a more vigorous tree ; " Whilft 1, my brother, am grown old and fhrunk, " Full foon to wither, a poor faplefs trunk!
Seite 131 - ... a year, is forbidden to kill, a partridge upon his own eftate ; yet nobody elfe, (not even the lord of the manor, unlefs he hath a grant of...
Seite 75 - Mucronura infignes, afflataque fulphure membra. Chara ftupet conjux, reducifque incerta mariti Veftigat faciem ; trepida formidine proles Stat procul, et patrios horrefcit nefcia vultus.
Seite 131 - ... notions of permanent property in wild creatures ; and both productive of the fame tyranny to the commons : but with this difference ; that the foreft laws, eftablifhed only one mighty hunter throughout the land, the game laws have raifed a little Nimrod in every manor.
Seite ii - ... of boroughmongers, merchants, and miners." To this defign Cornwall appeared peculiarly favourable. So great a revolution in the little moralities of life has lately taken place, that we are anxious to catch a few traits of the laft age whilft yet they remain vifible, and to prelerve them at leart as curiofities.
Seite iii - But it mould be confidered, that many trivialities (if I may fo exprefs myfelf), which, from our familiar acquaintance with them, feem too contemptible for notice, will wear a very different afpeft hereafter, whilft they no longer exift in common life. If this poem mould defcend to pofterity, they will then excite attention as curious...