The Howard papers: with a biographical pedigree and criticism; . THE HOWARD PAPERS. CHAPTER I. This false goddesse with her eyen blinde, Set one afore, another goeth behinde; And doth one renne, and raaketh another halte; And one she can high in riches exalte, And another plonge in pouertye. In the south-western suburb of London, at that time arural district, divided from the Court-end by the waters ofthe majestic Thames, in the year one thousand seven hun-dred seventy and seven, there lived and died a gentleman,—tis said, a needy gentleman,—known as Mr. WilliamHoward. If his circumstances wer
The Howard papers: with a biographical pedigree and criticism; . THE HOWARD PAPERS. CHAPTER I. This false goddesse with her eyen blinde, Set one afore, another goeth behinde; And doth one renne, and raaketh another halte; And one she can high in riches exalte, And another plonge in pouertye. In the south-western suburb of London, at that time arural district, divided from the Court-end by the waters ofthe majestic Thames, in the year one thousand seven hun-dred seventy and seven, there lived and died a gentleman,—tis said, a needy gentleman,—known as Mr. WilliamHoward. If his circumstances were not affluent, they hadbeen sufficient for his wants; but whether or not hismeans had been derived from a source that might be calledhis own,—they came to him through the agency of theduke of Norfolk or his steward. Many—nearly fortyyears after his decease the statement was volunteered* that * This man (Walter Howard,) and his father before him, have beenhumble dependants on the family; and the duke never ceased to employevery inquiry to ascertain the
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