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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... House of Andarton , that , if at all interesting , they muft , at this point of time , produce their proper effect . So great a revolution in the little moralities of life , has lately taken place , that we are anxious to catch a few ...
... House of Andarton , that , if at all interesting , they muft , at this point of time , produce their proper effect . So great a revolution in the little moralities of life , has lately taken place , that we are anxious to catch a few ...
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... the machinery which I have thought proper to employ , the fuperftitions of Cornwall are , even at this moment , propi- tious . The guardian genii of ancient houses , which I have introduced as the superior fpirits , and ADVERTISEMENT .
... the machinery which I have thought proper to employ , the fuperftitions of Cornwall are , even at this moment , propi- tious . The guardian genii of ancient houses , which I have introduced as the superior fpirits , and ADVERTISEMENT .
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... house , ruinous Caftle , Gateway , & c . of Andarton - of the Family refident at Andarton , from the highest Antiquity . III . Sir HUMPHREY DE ANDARTON , the pre- fent Poffeffor - his Character - his Wishes for a Son - Mifs PRUE his ...
... house , ruinous Caftle , Gateway , & c . of Andarton - of the Family refident at Andarton , from the highest Antiquity . III . Sir HUMPHREY DE ANDARTON , the pre- fent Poffeffor - his Character - his Wishes for a Son - Mifs PRUE his ...
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... house decay'd , The pride of worthies wedded to the shade . But tho ' the gallery , fill'd with portraits hoar , Preserve the features of the fons of yore , The court , fet off with relics of the chace 10 THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN .
... house decay'd , The pride of worthies wedded to the shade . But tho ' the gallery , fill'd with portraits hoar , Preserve the features of the fons of yore , The court , fet off with relics of the chace 10 THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN .
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... house to flight a crumb " Tho ' few , indeed , like her had fed the poor , Or heal'd the fick that faulter'd at her door . But , in her charities good RACHEL , ftill , Discover'd to the world her wondrous skill ; While , as her balms ...
... house to flight a crumb " Tho ' few , indeed , like her had fed the poor , Or heal'd the fick that faulter'd at her door . But , in her charities good RACHEL , ftill , Discover'd to the world her wondrous skill ; While , as her balms ...
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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...