W O R K S THE REV. GEORGE CRABBE. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. 11 - 1823 - CONTENTS OF VOL. 11. LETTER 1. General Description . 2. The Church . 3. The Vicar-The Curate, c. 4. Sects and Professions in Religion 5. Elections . 6. Professions-Law . 7. Professions-Ph y sic . 8. Trades a 9. Amusements 10. Clubs and Social Meetings . 11. Inns . 12. Players . 13. The Alms-House and Trustees . 14. Inhabitants of the Alms-House-Blaney 1 5. Inhabitants of the Alms-House-Clelia . 16. Inhabitants of the Alms-HouseBenbow 17. The Hospital and Cjovernors 18. The Poor and their Dwellings 19. The Poor of the Borough-The Parish Clerk . 20. The Poor of the Borough-Ellen Orford 2 1. The Poor of the Borough-Abel Keene . 22. The Poor of the Borough-Peter Grimes 23. Prisons . 24. Schools - . PACE 1 THE BOROUGH. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, MARQUIS OF GRANBY ItECORDEROF CAMBRIDGE AND SCARBOROUGH LORD-LIEUTENANT AND CUSTOS-ROTULORUM OF THE COUNT-OF L. EICESTER K. G. LL. D. bIY LORD, THE poem, for which I have ventured to solicit your Graces attention, was composed in a, bituation so near to Belvoir Castle, that the author had all the advantage t, o be derived from prospects extensive and beautiful, and from works of grandeur and sublimity and though nothing of the influence arising from such situation should be discernible in these verses, either from want of adequate powers in the writer, or because his subjects do not assimilate with such views, yet would it be natural for him to indulge a wish, that he might inscribe his labours to the lord of a scene which perpetually excited his admiration, and he would plead the propriety of placing the titles of the House of Rutland at the entrance of a volume written in theVale of Belvoir. But, my Lord, a. motive much more powerful than a sense of propriety, a grateful remembrance of benefits conferred by the noble family in which you preside, has been the great inducement for me to wish that I might be permitted to inscribe this work to your Grace the honours of that time were to me unexpected, they were unmerited, and they were transitory but since I am thus allowed to make public my gratitude, I am in some degree restored to the honour of that period I have again the happiness to find myself favoured, and my exertions stimulated, by the condescension of the Duke of Rutland. It was my fortune, in a poem which yet circulates, to write of the virtues, talents, and llcroic death of Lord Robert Manners, and to bear witness to the affection of a brother whose grief was poignant, and to be soothed only by remembrance of his worth whom he so deeply deplored. In a patron thus favourably predisposed, my Lord, I might look for much lenity, and could not fear the severity of critical examination from your Grace, who, happily, have no such impediment to justice, I must not look for the same kind of indulgence. I - am assured, by those whose situation gave them opportunity for knowledge, and whose abilities and attention guarded them from error, that I must not expect my failings will escape detection from want of discernment, neither am I to fear that any merit will be undistinguished through deficiency of taste. It is from this information, my Lord, and n cor sciousnesso f much which needs forgiveness, that I entreat your Grace to read my verses, with a wish, I had almost added, with a pur pose to be pleased, and to make every possible allowance for subjects notalways pleasing, for manners sometimes gross, and for language too frequently incorrect. sii ...
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