The Works of John Hall-Stevenson, Esq: Containing, Crazy Tales. Fables for Grown Gentlemen. Lyric Epistles. Pastoral Cordial. Pastoral Puke. Macarony Fables. Lyric Consolations. Moral Tales. Monkish Epitaphs. &c. &c. &c, Volume 3

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J. Nichols, 1795
 

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Page 54 - Esq. [thus runs the epitaph], A Living Monument, of the Friendship and Generosity of the Great ; After an Intimacy of Thirty Years With most of the Great Personages of these Kingdoms, Who did him the Honour to assist him, In the laborious Work, Of getting to the far End of a great Fortune...
Page 11 - There is a Castle in the North, Seated upon a swampy clay, At present but of little worth, In former times it had its day. This ancient Castle is call'd CRAZY, Whose mould'ring walks a moat environs, Which moat goes heavily and lazy, Like a poor prisoner in irons.
Page 61 - Why may'nt BANDELLO have a rap ? Why may'nt I imitate BANDELLO ? There never was a prelate's cap Bestow'd upon a droller fellow.
Page vii - Life is a Farce, mere Children's Play, Go learn to model thine by theirs, Go learn to trifle Life away, Or learn to bear a Life of Cares.
Page 15 - Or to computing by vain wishing. And in the evening when they met (To think on't always does me good), There never met a jollier set, Either before or since the flood.
Page 12 - I've stood and thought, Seeing the boat upon this ditch, It look'd as if it had been brought For the amusement of a witch, To sail amongst applauding frogs, With water-rats, dead cats and dogs. The boat so leaky is, and old, That if you're fanciful and merry, You may conceive, without being told, That it resembles Charon's wherry. A turret also you may note, Its glory...
Page 11 - Many a time I've stood and thought, Seeing the boat upon this ditch, It look'd as if it had been brought For the amusement of a witch, To sail amongst applauding frogs, With water-rats...
Page 14 - ... fact an east wind was blowing. The trick was subsequently explained, though it is doubtful if it cured the malade imaginaire. Hall-Stevenson was as devoted to Sterne as Sterne to him, and he made agreeable reference to their affection : In this retreat, whilom so sweet, Once Tristram and his cousin dwelt, They talk of Crazy when they meet, As if their tender hearts would melt. When the first two volumes of Tristram Shandy were published, Hall-Stevenson indicted a lyric epistle "To my Cousin Shandy,...
Page 149 - ... side of the Pyrenean Mountains, he built many noble castles, both for private people and for the public, out of his own funds ; he repaired several palaces, situated upon the pleasant banks of that delightful river, the Garonne, in France, and came over on purpose to rebuild CRAZYCASTLE ; but, struck with its venerable remains, he could only be prevailed upon to add a few ornaments, suitable to the stile and taste of the age it was built in.
Page 28 - BO wise a College, I wonder how it came to pass, It was not call'd the Tree of Knowledge.

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