The Topographer: Containing a Variety of Original Articles, Illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England, Volumen2

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Sir Egerton Brydges
Robson and Clarke, 1790

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Página 141 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their port was more than human, as they stood ; I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play in the plighted clouds.
Página 84 - God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Página 249 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 84 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.'
Página 84 - Before I went into Germany, I came to Broadgate in Leicestershire, to take my leave of that noble lady, Jane Grey, to whom I was exceeding much beholding. Her parents, the duke and duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading...
Página 84 - Elmer, who teacheth me, so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing, whiles I am with him.
Página 84 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her in her chamber, reading " Phaedon Platonis " in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace.
Página 88 - The satyrs and the fauns, by Dian set to keep Rough hills and forest-holts, were sadly seen to weep, When thy high-palmed harts, the sport of bows and hounds, By gripple borderers' hands were banished thy grounds.
Página 249 - SAY, Father THAMEs (for thou haft feen Full many a fprightly race, Difporting on thy margent green, The paths of pleafure trace) Who foremoft now delight to cleave With pliant...
Página 84 - I do but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it all other pleasures in very deed be but trifles and very troubles unto me.

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