 | Arthur Elmore Bostwick - 1926 - 128 σελίδες
...first came upon the stage, and, to give information regarding himself, recited the lines beginning : "My name is Norval, on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks." There was a strong prejudice against theatrical performances in Worcester at the time when... | |
 | Alice Glasgow - 1928 - 308 σελίδες
...the murky backdrop, and in a voice of singing fire began the speech for which the gallery had waited: "My name is Norval; on the Grampian Hills My father feeds his flocks. . . ." A breathless silence hung on hushed pinions over the house until he had finished on... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1927 - 778 σελίδες
...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 a patient man, and we all... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 σελίδες
...smile from the west, From her own lov'd island of sorrow ! Ibid. 29. Douglas's Account of Himself. MY name is Norval : On the Grampian hills My father...his flock ; a frugal swain, .Whose constant cares \\ere to encrease his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, aud... | |
 | William Hone - 2003 - 476 σελίδες
...dogs; but to bleed adventured I not, except the poor." 69. From Canning's parody of a speech (beginning "My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills / My father feeds his flocks") in Douglas (2.1.44-75), a play (1756) by John Home (1722-1808). The attack on Sidmouth in... | |
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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. 
