Percy: Prelate and PoetSmith, Elder, & Company, 1908 - 324 páginas |
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Alnwick Alnwick Castle ancient appeared appointed attendance beautiful begged Bishop of Dromore Bishop Percy Boswell Bridgnorth Carlisle Castle Church clergyman Club cousin daughter death declared Delaval delighted diocese Dromore House Dublin Duchess Duchess of Northumberland Duke of Northumberland Earl Easton Maudit Ecton England English entertained Fanny Burney favour French garden Garrick genius Goldsmith guineas hear heart Henry History honour hope Horace Walpole Ireland Irish Isted Jessop Johnson King Lady land letter literary living London Lord Algernon Lord Lieutenant Lordship manner married Meade miles mind minstrels never night Northumberland House obliged Percy found Percy wrote Percy's poem poet poetry poor received Reliques sent servants Sir George Douglas Sir Hugh Smithson Sir Walter Scott Smithson spirit taste Thomas Percy thou tion took town Warkworth wife William Cleveland William Jessop writing young
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Página 155 - England, for which I have been a good deal abused in the newspapers, for betraying the liberties of the people. God knows I had no thought for or against liberty in my head ; my whole aim being to make up a book of a decent size, that, as 'Squire Richard says, would do no harm to nobody.
Página 171 - I put my hat upon my head And walked into the Strand, And there I met another man Whose hat was in his hand.
Página 154 - I have been trying these three months to do something to make people laugh. There have I been strolling about the hedges, studying jests with a most tragical countenance. The Natural History is about half finished, and I will shortly finish the rest. God knows I am tired of this kind of finishing, which is but bungling work; and that not so much my fault as the fault of my scurvy circumstances.
Página 41 - Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure a more redoubted knight Mischance did never take.
Página 153 - Low it will be acted, or whether it will be acted at all, are questions I cannot resolve. I am, therefore, so much employed upon that that I am under the necessity of putting off my intended visit to Lincolnshire for this season.
Página 154 - Paris, and finds himself now in the case of a truant that must make up for his idle time by diligence. We have therefore agreed to postpone our journey till next summer, when we hope to have the honour of waiting upon Lady Rothes, and you, and staying double the time of our late intended visit.
Página 20 - O can that soft and gentle mien, Extremes of hardship learn to bear, Nor sad regret each courtly scene, Where thou wert fairest of the fair? O...
Página 20 - NANCY, wilt thou go with me, Nor sigh to leave the flaunting town : Can silent glens have charms for thee, The lowly cot and russet gown...
Página 37 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Página 154 - Burke is a farmer, en attendant a better place; but visiting about too. Every soul is visiting about and merry but myself. And that is hard too, as I have been trying these three months to do something to make people laugh. There have I been strolling about the hedges, studying jests with a most tragical countenance. The Natural History is about half finished, and I will shortly finish the rest.