"Norroy" Quotes from Famous Books
... interesting facts in literary history, the fruits of diligent, though obscure, industry. The only poem of his that still lives is the beautiful little anacreontic beginning "Busy, curious, thirsty Fly." O. held the office of Norroy-King-at-Arms. He produced in 1737 The British Librarian, a valuable work ... — A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin |