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Title: Bristol Bells
A Story of the Eighteenth Century

Author: Emma Marshall

Release Date: April 9, 2008 [EBook #25026]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE MUNIMENT ROOM, S. MARY REDCLIFFE.]

Bristol Bells

_A STORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY_

BY

EMMA MARSHALL

AUTHOR OF 'BRISTOL DIAMONDS,' 'THE TOWER ON THE CLIFF,'
'HER SEASON IN BATH,' ETC.

The budding floweret blushes at the light,
The meads are dappled with the yellow hue,
In daisied mantle is the mountain dight,
The tender cowslip bendeth with the dew.

CHATTERTON.

LONDON
SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED
ESSEX STREET, STRAND
1892

_PREFACE_

The incidents in the life of Thomas Chatterton which are introduced into
this story are gathered chiefly from Mr Masson's exhaustive essay and a
biography of the poet by Mr Chatterton Dix.

In these books full details may be found of the pathetic life,
misdirected genius, and tragic death of the boy poet.

Several citizens of Bristol, who are connected with his sad history,
appear in the following tale; the other characters are wholly imaginary.

WOODSIDE
LEIGH WOODS, CLIFTON,
_February 1892._

_CONTENTS._

CHAP. PAGE

I. LONGING FOR FLIGHT, 1

II. THE SQUIRE, 13

III. AN ELEGY, 28

IV. THE LETTER DELIVERED, 39

V. THE ORCHARD GATE, 48

VI. THE SYMPATHY OF POVERTY, 58

VII. CONSULTATION, 68

VIII. THE SONGS OF ROWLEY THE PRIEST, 77

IX. THE POET'S FRIENDS, 87

X. A LONG RESPITE,