Percy: Prelate and PoetSmith, Elder, & Company, 1908 - 324 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... Carlisle - Johnson's comments - The Deanery - Gretna Green - Matrimonial agency Percy ex- changes his English deanery and livings for the Irish See of Dromore - He sends the Club ' a hogshead of claret - Death of Percy's only son - He ...
... Carlisle - Johnson's comments - The Deanery - Gretna Green - Matrimonial agency Percy ex- changes his English deanery and livings for the Irish See of Dromore - He sends the Club ' a hogshead of claret - Death of Percy's only son - He ...
Pàgina 10
... Alnwick and Syon , Northumberland House and the Deanery at Carlisle , not to mention his constant presence in the literary world in London . 11 CHAPTER II 1753-1758 EASTON MAUDIT is a picturesque little 10 PERCY , PRELATE AND POET.
... Alnwick and Syon , Northumberland House and the Deanery at Carlisle , not to mention his constant presence in the literary world in London . 11 CHAPTER II 1753-1758 EASTON MAUDIT is a picturesque little 10 PERCY , PRELATE AND POET.
Pàgina 111
... Carlisle . He wrote : ' I rode by the side of a pretty river called Read- water , which runs through the long narrow vale called Reads - dale , formerly inhabited by none but robbers and Moss - troopers , but now by some worthy Farmers ...
... Carlisle . He wrote : ' I rode by the side of a pretty river called Read- water , which runs through the long narrow vale called Reads - dale , formerly inhabited by none but robbers and Moss - troopers , but now by some worthy Farmers ...
Pàgina 184
... Carlisle ; about £ 500 a year , with a power of pre- senting himself to some good living . He is provided for . ' He added , ' If Dean Percy can be popular at Carlisle he may be very happy . He has in his disposal . two good livings ...
... Carlisle ; about £ 500 a year , with a power of pre- senting himself to some good living . He is provided for . ' He added , ' If Dean Percy can be popular at Carlisle he may be very happy . He has in his disposal . two good livings ...
Pàgina 185
... Carlisle till 1780 , he was able , by means of flying visits , occasionally to attend to his duties . Those who would trace his footsteps at Carlisle must be prepared for failure and disappointment . When the tram - car which conveys ...
... Carlisle till 1780 , he was able , by means of flying visits , occasionally to attend to his duties . Those who would trace his footsteps at Carlisle must be prepared for failure and disappointment . When the tram - car which conveys ...
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.