Sketches of the literary history of Barnstaple. To which is appended the diary of P. Wyot, 1586-16081866 - 80 pages |
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Page 6 - Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood.
Page 20 - I'll soon with Jenny's pride quit score, Make all her lovers fall: They'll grieve I was not loosed before; She, I was loosed at all." Fondness prevailed, mamma gave way; Kitty, at heart's desire, Obtained the chariot for a day, And set the world on fire.
Page 53 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Page 22 - And uncorrupted e'en among the great : A safe companion, and an easy friend, Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours ; not that here thy bust Is mixed with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms,
Page 20 - Yes, like you, you little baggage; like you at this moment, who want to go to that drum yonder: — 'Inflamed with rage at sad restraint Which wise mamma ordained, And sorely vexed to play the saint Whilst wit and beauty reigned.
Page 14 - The Lamentation of Master Pages wife of Plimmouth, who being enforced by her Parents to wed him against her will, did most wickedly consent to his murther, for the love of George Strangwidge; for which fact she suffered death at Bar[n]staple in Devonshire. Written with her own hand, a little before her death.
Page 54 - This circumstance naturally alarmed Mr. Syle, as the pamphlet was quite as seditious in its tone and contents. He at once suppressed and destroyed the remaining sheets, and had several interviews with Shelley, to endeavour to get back the ones previously delivered, but unsuccessfully, as they had been mostly distributed. One copy came into the hands of Mr.
Page 43 - HONORABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SIRS, we the maids of Exon city, The Maids ! good lack, the more's the pity ! Do humbly offer this petition, To represent our sad condition ; Which once made known our hope and trust is, Your honoured House will do us justice.
Page 43 - Her wants require a guide, a stay ; And then so timorous of sprites, She dreads to be alone at nights ! Say what she will, do what she can, Her heart still gravitates to man ; From whence 'tis evident as light That marriage is a woman's right ; And therefore 'tis prodigious hard To be of such a right debarred : Yet we, poor souls, cann't have the freedom To get good husbands, tho...
Page 54 - Syle, as the pamphlet was quite as seditious in its tone and contents. He at once suppressed and destroyed the remaining sheets, and had several interviews with Shelley, to endeavour to get back the ones previously delivered, but unsuccessfully, as they had been mostly distributed. One copy came into the hands of Mr. Barry, and was given by him a few years since to Leigh Hunt, the friend and biographer of Shelley, though, I believe, neither the circumstances I have narrated nor the pamphlet itself,...