"The splendor and magnificence of ELIZABETH's Reign is no where more strongly painted than in these little Diaries of some of her Summer Excursions to the houses of her Nobility; nor could a more acceptable present be given to the world, than a re-publication of a select number of such details as this of the Entertainment at Elvetham, that at Killingworth, &c. &c. which so strongly mark the spirit of the times, and present us with scenes so very remote from modern manners." PERCY'S Reliques of Antient English Poetry, vol. III. p. 64. Ὣς ΚΕΙΝΗ περὶ κῆρι τετίμηταί τε, καὶ ἐστὶν, Ἔκ λαῶν, οἱ μίν ῥα, θεὸν ὡς, εἰσορόωντες, Δειδέχαται μύθοισιν, ὅτε στείχησ ̓ ἀνὰ ἄστυ. Odyss. vii. 69. When through the street she gracious deigns to move, The tongues of all with transport sound her praise, The eyes of all, as on a goddess, gaze. POPE'S Odyssey, ver. 90. |