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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867. Excerpt: ... most popular of our poets. He was a true lover of Nature, and in the truthful description of her "Seasons" he exhibits the exuberance of his genius. The tablet erected in Richmond Church to his memory can scarcely be deciphered, but the inscription appears to be as follows: --"In the earth below this Tablet are the remains of Sametf t&tymalan. Author of the beautiful poems entitled 'The Seasons, ' 'The Castle of Indolence, ' (fcc., who died at Richmond on the 22nd of August, and was buried there on the 29th, 0. S., 1748. The Earl of Buchan, unwilling that so good a man and sweet a poet should be without a memorial, has denoted the place of his interment, for the satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792. Father of light and life! Thou Good Supreme! Oh! teach me what is good. Teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit, and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!" Upon the exterior of the church, against the western end, close by the tower, we find a marble slab, with a medallion portrait, erected to the memory of EDMUND KEAN. This distinguished actor was born in London about 1787: the precise date of his birth is unknown. His father cared little for him, and his mother equally neglected him, when Miss Tidswell, an actress at the patent theatres, took charge of him, and gave him a sort of theatrical education. At the age of ten years he was an intelligent, merry, reckless boy, with a pair of brilliant eyes and a superb head of jet-black hair. He accompanied EDMUND KEAN. 181 Miss Tidswell in her itinerant performances, and proved so clever that ouce, when at Windsor, he was required to give his recitations before George III. at the Castle, which ...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150354762
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 80
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150354763
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 159 gr


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