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Heraldry.
with three extracts from Dallaway , all of which I think highly pertinent to the aim and idea of this paper : — " It has been a general , but ill-founded censure , that heraldic knowledge is unconnected Avith classical learning , or philosophical utility . " Elsewhere he says , — " Heraldry in its present state has just pretensions to be reached in the circle of sciencesso general in its
, usage , so infinitely various in its discriminations , and so classical in its specific differences , that if system be the groundwork of science , this claim may be fairly advanced . " Let us listen to the sound old teacher once more , whom some of us know , in his valuable "History of Architecture , " & e .:
—lo the young student of English antiquities , heraldry affords constant information and amusement . When he surveys the repositories of the illustrious dead , how many an uninscribed monument will he be enabled to discover and appropriate . Amidst the pomp of older days and the prond reliques of feudal magnificence he will recognize the symbol by which those who founded or improved the structure are notified to posterity . He will investigate with principles which rest not in ingenious conjecture but certain proof . These are the means by which topography is rendered interesting , for however necessary the embellishment of learned commentaries and hilosophical enquiries be to its perfection
p may , simple facts iucontrovertibly ascertained must form the ground-work . As to the extent of the study there have been few who pursued it with every advantage of longevity and perseverance who could boast that all its resonrces were exhausted by them . There are abundant opportunities of gaining information in our public libraries and in many private collections ; and perhaps no field of literature offers greater inducements of novelty and entertainment . But to those who have had access to the library of the College of Arms , I need onlrefer for a confirmation of opinionwhilst I indulsentiments of the truest
y my , ge respect for that liberal and well-informed society , whose urbanity I am proud to acknowledge . And so , as Russell says , if somewhat adapted and altered , " Go forth little essay , " and may you gratif y others , and lead others to peaceful studies and pleasant toils .
Immortality Of The Soul.
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL .
From an unpublished Poem BY BEO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL . TF thou ne ' er leant in sorrow o ' er the bed
- * - Whereon some dear one linger'd in the pains That too oft herald the dread calm of Death ; Hast ne ' er , with tearful eyes , beheld expire A parent—or life ' s partner—or the child That should in thine old age have tended thee ; In thy infirmit y thy pillow smooth'd ,
And when " life ' s fitful fever " had pass'd o ' er , Have seen thee decentl y entombed ; if thou Ne ' er felt thy very heart-strings crack with grief When the cold grave has hidden from thy view Those whom thou dearest loved of all on earth ; Thou canst not realise how dear the hope
Of meeting once for aye in endless bliss Is to the mourner ' s soul . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .
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Heraldry.
with three extracts from Dallaway , all of which I think highly pertinent to the aim and idea of this paper : — " It has been a general , but ill-founded censure , that heraldic knowledge is unconnected Avith classical learning , or philosophical utility . " Elsewhere he says , — " Heraldry in its present state has just pretensions to be reached in the circle of sciencesso general in its
, usage , so infinitely various in its discriminations , and so classical in its specific differences , that if system be the groundwork of science , this claim may be fairly advanced . " Let us listen to the sound old teacher once more , whom some of us know , in his valuable "History of Architecture , " & e .:
—lo the young student of English antiquities , heraldry affords constant information and amusement . When he surveys the repositories of the illustrious dead , how many an uninscribed monument will he be enabled to discover and appropriate . Amidst the pomp of older days and the prond reliques of feudal magnificence he will recognize the symbol by which those who founded or improved the structure are notified to posterity . He will investigate with principles which rest not in ingenious conjecture but certain proof . These are the means by which topography is rendered interesting , for however necessary the embellishment of learned commentaries and hilosophical enquiries be to its perfection
p may , simple facts iucontrovertibly ascertained must form the ground-work . As to the extent of the study there have been few who pursued it with every advantage of longevity and perseverance who could boast that all its resonrces were exhausted by them . There are abundant opportunities of gaining information in our public libraries and in many private collections ; and perhaps no field of literature offers greater inducements of novelty and entertainment . But to those who have had access to the library of the College of Arms , I need onlrefer for a confirmation of opinionwhilst I indulsentiments of the truest
y my , ge respect for that liberal and well-informed society , whose urbanity I am proud to acknowledge . And so , as Russell says , if somewhat adapted and altered , " Go forth little essay , " and may you gratif y others , and lead others to peaceful studies and pleasant toils .
Immortality Of The Soul.
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL .
From an unpublished Poem BY BEO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL . TF thou ne ' er leant in sorrow o ' er the bed
- * - Whereon some dear one linger'd in the pains That too oft herald the dread calm of Death ; Hast ne ' er , with tearful eyes , beheld expire A parent—or life ' s partner—or the child That should in thine old age have tended thee ; In thy infirmit y thy pillow smooth'd ,
And when " life ' s fitful fever " had pass'd o ' er , Have seen thee decentl y entombed ; if thou Ne ' er felt thy very heart-strings crack with grief When the cold grave has hidden from thy view Those whom thou dearest loved of all on earth ; Thou canst not realise how dear the hope
Of meeting once for aye in endless bliss Is to the mourner ' s soul . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .