The Complete Monumental Register:: Containing All the Epitaphs, Inscriptions, &c. &c. &c. in the Different Churches and Burial-grounds, in and about Calcutta; Including Those of the Burial-grounds of Howrah, Dum-dum, Barrasut, Barrackpore, Pultah, Serampore, Chandernagore, Chinsurah, and the Convent of Bandel. Together with Several Inscriptions from the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay, Isle of France, &c. to which is Added Short Sketches, Anecdotes &c. &c. Illustrative of the Public Services, General Characters, and Virtues of Th Edead [sic].P. Ferris., 1815 - Всего страниц: 230 |
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affectionate Husband affectionate Wife afflicted Aged 23 Aged 24 Aged 26 Aged 28 Aged 32 Aged 38 Aged 42 amiable Anno Domini April ARTHUR HASTINGS August Barrackpore beloved Benevolence Blessed Born Calcutta Chandernagore Charles Weston Chinsurah Church CLAUD MARTIN Cuddalore death December departed died at Calcutta died the 28th died the 3d disconsolate Husband duties East India Company esteem Etat Etatis Fort St Fort William Honorable Company's Honorable East India interred the Body January July June KIERNANDER lamented late lie the Remains lies the Body lieth the Body Lord loss Love March MARIA Memory of CAPT Memory of CAPTAIN Memory of JOHN Memory of MASTER Memory of MISS Memory of THOMAS Memory of WILLIAM Months Monument is erected November Novr Obiit Obit October Portuguese regretted ROBERT rupees Sacred Sept September Sir Eyre Coote Sir William Jones Stone suæ Tomb Tomb Stones tribute Virtues Widow
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Стр. 98 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Стр. 71 - Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Стр. 208 - I repeat, that he will die if he does not leave off his studies and remain quiet.' —
Стр. 89 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Стр. 24 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Стр. 208 - His memory was most tenacious, and he sometimes loaded it with lumber. When he was at Mysore, an argument occurred upon a point of English history ; it was agreed to refer it to Leyden, and, to the astonishment of all parties, he repeated verbatim the whole of an act of parliament in the reign of James relative to Ireland, which decided the point in dispute.
Стр. 1 - Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream ; An empty tale ; a morning flower, Cut down and wither'd in an hour.
Стр. 200 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Стр. 135 - On me, more justly number'd with the dead. This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave! This is Creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom; The land of apparitions, empty shades! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Стр. 209 - Wha dar meddle wi' me, who dar meddle wi' me,' Several of those who witnessed this scene looked at him as one that was • raving in the delirium of a fever. " These anecdotes will display more fully than any description I can give, the lesser shades of the character of this extraordinary man. An external manner, certainly not agreeable, and a disposition to egotism, were his only defects. How trivial do (these appear, at a moment when we are lamenting the loss of such a rare combination of virtues,...