 | William Evans Burton - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1857 - 328 pages
...profession, place of nativity, etc., he turned to the Englishman ; " Your name, Signor ?" " Mine ? My name is Norval : on the Grampian hills my father feeds his flocks, a frugal swain" "Excuse, Signor, what did you say?" "Smith, John Smith, if you like it better!" " Fa hate, Signor;... | |
 | Eliza Leslie - Amusements - 1857 - 706 pages
...father feeds his flocks ; a frugal swain, Whoso constant cares were to increase his store, And keep hia only son, myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, and I longM To follow to the field some warlike lord ; And Heaven soon granted what my eiro denicd. This... | |
 | American essays - 1902 - 902 pages
...and shrieked, " Where 's your Wully Shakespeare noo ? " One hears the melancholy patter still : — " My name is Norval ; on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks." It is like the sound of a hurdy-gurdy far away. Ah ! " Where 's your Douglas noo ? " He had in all... | |
 | Walter Aimwell, William Simonds - 1858 - 330 pages
...laugh ! And, now, ladies and gentlemen, as the interruption has ceased, I will proceed with my part : " My name is Norval ; on the Grampian Hills My father feeds his flocks " And — and — and — [aside, to a boy near him~\ — what is it ? — [to the audience^ — "... | |
 | English drama - 1859 - 836 pages
...Of nature! Blush not, flower of modesty As well as valour, to declare thy birth. Лог. My ñaméis Norval : on the Grampian hills My father feeds his...long'd To follow to the field some warlike lord : And heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This moon which rose last night, round as my shield, Had not... | |
 | English Drama (Collections) - 1859 - 828 pages
...of modesty As well as valour, to declare thy birth. A Nor. My name is Norval : on the Grampian hill: "My father feeds his flocks ; a frugal swain, Whose...myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, and I lorig'd To follow to the field some warlike lord : And heaven soon granted what my sire denied. This... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1859 - 690 pages
...profession, place of nativity, etc., he turned to the Englishman; "Your name, Signor?" " Mine ? lly name is Norval : on the Grampian hills my father feeds his flocks, a frugal swain" " Excuse, Signor, what did you say ?" " Smith, John Smith, if you like it better !" " \r& kene, Signor... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1859 - 354 pages
...laugh ! And, now, ladies and gentlemen, as the interruption has ceased, I will proceed with my part : " My name is Norval ; on the Grampian Hills My father feeds his flocks " And — and — and — [aside, to a boy near him~\ — what is it ? — [to the audience] — "... | |
 | Elizabeth Strutt - 1859 - 496 pages
...says, as a man having to tell his own name. I never can announce myself, it always reminds me of ' My name is Norval ; on the Grampian Hills my father feeds his flock.' " " What ! your father's a grazier, then, is he, Mr. Norval?" said Betty; "well, it's a very... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1927 - 778 pages
...appeared in the only part suitable for his years in Home's ' Douglas,' with Mrs. Siddons as his mother. ' My name is Norval ; on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flock, a frugal swain.' That Sir Thomas ' encouraged ' his sons to recite this passage shows he was... | |
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My name is NORVAL: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home. 
