 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 pages
...Cowper. — The passage I allude to is this : — " The nobility of the Spencers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough, but I exhort...consider the Fairy Queen as the most precious jewel of their coronet" If this lively metaphor is just in every point of view, we may regard The Task as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 482 pages
...Coivper.—The passage I allude to is this:— " The nobility of the Spencers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough, but I exhort them to consider the Fairy as the most precious jewel of their coronet." If this lively metaphor is just in every point of view,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...as the lively image of the wisest of mankind. The nobility of the Spencers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough; but I exhort them to consider the Fairy 2>ueen as the most precious jewel of their coronet. I have exposed my private feelings, as I shall... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...himself was the greatest honour. " The nobility of the Spencers (says Gibbon) has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort them to consider the Faery Queen as the most precious jewel of their coronet." He was admitted, in 1569, at Pembroke-hall,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...himself was the greatest honour. " The nobility of the Spencers (says Gibbon) has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort them to consider the Faery Queen as the most precious jewel of their coronet." He was admitted, in 1509, at Pembroke-hall,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 970 pages
...himself was the greatest honour. " The nobility of the Spencers (says Gibbon) has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort them to consider the Faery Queen as the most precious jewel of their coronet." He was admitted, in 1569, at Pembroke-hall,... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 604 pages
...of the Spencers," says Gibbon, " has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of,Marlborough ; but I exhort them to consider the Fairy Queen, as the most precious jewel of their coronet." Gihhon's Life. m Ex Autog. " See Todd's Spenser, i. Ixxv. She was a learned lady.... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 604 pages
...the Spencers," says Gibbon, " has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies ot'Marlborough; but 1 exhort them to consider the Fairy Queen, as the most precious jewel of their coronet '' Gibbon's Life. m Ex Autog. • See Todd's Spenser> i Ixxv. She was a learned lady.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...as the lively image of the wisest of mankind. The nobility of the Spencers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort...consider the *Fairy Queen as the most precious jewel of their coronet. Our immortal Fielding- was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, Avrho draw... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...history, was asserted by Gibbon, who observes, " the nobility of the Spensers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort...consider the ' Fairy Queen,' as the most precious jewel of their coronet.'* was among the first of his works of note. This work he addressed, in a short dedication,... | |
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The nobility of the Spencers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort them to consider the Fairy Queen* as the most precious jewel of their coronet. 
