 DESCRIBE the Borough" — though our idle tribe May love description, can we so describe, That you shall fairly streets and buildings trace, And all that gives distinction to a place ? This cannot be ; yet, moved by your request, A part I paint — let...  Publications - Page xxxviby Sussex Record Society - 1826Full view - About this book
 | George Crabbe - City and town life - 1810 - 402 pages
...View which can be given of these Sublects. THE BOROUGH. LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. •v . . i 1 " DESCRIBE the Borough"— though our idle Tribe May...gives distinction to a place ? This cannot be ; yet raov'd by your request, A part I paint let Fancy form the rest. Cities and Towns, the various haunts... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1810 - 372 pages
...imperfect view which can be given of these subjects. THE BOROUGH. LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. " DESCRIBE the borough"— though our idle tribe May...gives distinction to a place? This cannot be ; yet mov'd by your request, A part I paint— let Fancy form the rest. Cities and towns, the various haunts... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...imperfect View which can be given of these Subjects. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. " DESCRIBE the Borough"—though our idle Tribe May love Description, can we so describe,...gives distinction to a place ? This cannot be; yet, mov'd by your request, A part I paint—let Fancy form the rest. Cities and Towns, the various haunts... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 346 pages
...— An Apology for the imperfect View which can be given of these Subjects. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. " DESCRIBE the Borough"— though our idle Tribe May...gives distinction to a place ? This cannot be ; yet, mov'd by your request, A part I paint — let Fancy form the rest. Cities and Towns, the various haunts... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1823 - 452 pages
...imperfect View which can be given of these Subjects. THE BOROUGH. LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. " DESCRIBE the Borough" — though our idle tribe May...request, A part I paint — let fancy form the rest. Cities and towns, the various haunts of men, Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he, who... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1823 - 450 pages
...THE BOROUGH. LETTER I. • GENERAL DESCRIPTION. " DESCRIBE the Borough" — though our idle trilxj May love description, can we so describe, That you...request, A part I paint — let fancy form the rest. Cities and towns, the various haunts of men, Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he, who... | |
 | 1824 - 566 pages
...generation will be endeared to a grateful posterity. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF BARNSTAPLE. NO. I. «* Describe the Borough — though our idle tribe May love description— can we so describe I CRABBB. BY those who feel a pride in the well-authenticated antiquity of their native town, or indulge... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1899 - 540 pages
...Amusements in the Horough — An Apology for the imperfect View which can be given of these Subjects. " DESCRIBE the Borough" — though our idle tribe May...request A part I paint — let Fancy form the rest. Cities and towns, the various haunts of men, Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he who... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 pages
...given of these Subjects. THE BOROUGH. LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. " DESCRIBE the Borough"—though our idle tribe May love description, can we so describe,...This cannot be; yet, moved by your request, A part I paint—let Fancy form the rest. Cities and towns, the various haunts of men, Require the pencil; they... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...pealing drum, And clashing horn — they come, they come. GEORGE CRABBE. 1754-1832. FROM "THE BOROUGH." " DESCRIBE the Borough" — though our idle tribe May...request, A part I paint — let fancy form the rest. Cities and towns, the various haunts of men, Require the pencil — they defy the pen : Could he, who... | |
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