Hurdis

Hurdis describes: Montague and Warwick, two brave bears,/That in their chains fetter'd the kingly lion,/

Notes 2002

One could hardly say that "The Village Curate" would bear reprinting at the present time; we have moved too far from its pensiveness, and an age that does not read "The Task" and only talks about Crabbe is hardly likely to reach out for Hurdis.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Hurdis, was too fond of eating to be an adventurous man, and too slow and unready to be a performing one.

Richard Hurdis, Or, the Avenger of Blood : a Tale of Alabama 1838

London: W. Glendinning and W. Calvert, n.d. Hurdis, James.

Works Cited 2002

Hurdis and Hurd, Dr. Arnold and Montaigne, Harris of Salisbury and his famous uncle, Burke and “John Buncle,” Montesquieu and Sir Philip

Spare Hours John Brown 1846

My only comfort respecting even yourself is, that you write in good spirits, and assure me that you are in a state of recovery; otherwise I should mourn not only for Hurdis, but for myself, lest a cer - tain event should reduce me, and in a short time too, to a situation as distressing as his; for though nature designed you only for my Cousin, you have had a Sister's place in my affections ever since I knew you.

The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on Epistolary Writers William Hayley , William Cowper 1812