Epitaphiana; Or, The Curiosities of Churchyard Literature: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of EpitaphsTinsley, 1875 - Всего страниц: 171 |
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... born on the 25th of January , 1759 , on the banks of the Doon , about two miles from Ayr . He died at Dumfries on the 21st of July , 1796 , aged 37 years and about 6 months , leaving a widow and four sons . The following is his epitaph ...
... born on the 25th of January , 1759 , on the banks of the Doon , about two miles from Ayr . He died at Dumfries on the 21st of July , 1796 , aged 37 years and about 6 months , leaving a widow and four sons . The following is his epitaph ...
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... born in 1574 and died in 1637 . Here lies JONSON with the rest Of the poets , but the best . Reader , would'st thou more have known ? Ask his story , not the stone ; That will speak what this can't tell Of his glory ; so farewell ! 81 ...
... born in 1574 and died in 1637 . Here lies JONSON with the rest Of the poets , but the best . Reader , would'st thou more have known ? Ask his story , not the stone ; That will speak what this can't tell Of his glory ; so farewell ! 81 ...
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... born 1751 ; died 1774 . No sculptur'd marble here , nor pompous lay ! No storied urn , nor animated bust ! This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way Το pour her sorrows o'er the poet's dust . 84. From Eton College . The following is ...
... born 1751 ; died 1774 . No sculptur'd marble here , nor pompous lay ! No storied urn , nor animated bust ! This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way Το pour her sorrows o'er the poet's dust . 84. From Eton College . The following is ...
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... born legitimate , from incest clear . 125. On a Tippler : - The young gentleman referred to here Killed himself by drinking October beer . Here lie I must Wrapp'd up in dust , Confined to be sober . Clarke , take care , Lest you come ...
... born legitimate , from incest clear . 125. On a Tippler : - The young gentleman referred to here Killed himself by drinking October beer . Here lie I must Wrapp'd up in dust , Confined to be sober . Clarke , take care , Lest you come ...
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... born again ? No salvation without a new birth . I was born in sin February , 1716 ; Remained ignorant of my fallen state till 1730 , Lived proudly on faith and works for salvation till 1754 ; Admitted to Everton vicarage 1755 ; Fled to ...
... born again ? No salvation without a new birth . I was born in sin February , 1716 ; Remained ignorant of my fallen state till 1730 , Lived proudly on faith and works for salvation till 1754 ; Admitted to Everton vicarage 1755 ; Fled to ...
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Epitaphiana; Or, The Curiosities of Churchyard Literature: Being a ... William Fairley Полный просмотр - 1873 |
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aged Author Bath Abbey BEN JONSON Beneath this stone bones buried Campo Santo Nuovo CATACOMBS OF ROME Cave Cemetery Chichester Cathedral Christian church Churchyard Crown 8vo Curate's Discipline CUSTOMS dead death died doth lie dust earth ELIZABETH epitaph epitaphian erected Farewell father following inscription following lines GEORGE Gloucestershire gone grave Graveyard heart heaven honour husband inscribed JAMES JAMES GORDON BENNETT JAMES QUIN JOHN BASKERVILLE JOHN BUNN JOHN MACBETH kings laid lies JOHN lies my wife lies the body lieth lived Lord lost lyeth marble Marnhull MARY Mary's MATTHEW PRIOR memory Mistress of Langdale monument mother ne'er never o'er Old Moore OWEN MOORE Parish Poet poor reader rest ROBERT Sacred Samuel Tinsley Samuel Tinsley's Publications SARAH sepulchral soul Southampton Street Story Strand Swansea Tale thee thou tomb tombstone Underneath verse virtue vols WILLIAM woman writer
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Стр. 108 - Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve : Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? " But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke.
Стр. 88 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Стр. 132 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Стр. 131 - YE, who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents dignified by sacred zeal, Here, to devotion's bard devoutly just, Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England, exulting in his spotless fame, Ranks with her dearest sons his favourite name.
Стр. 118 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who, with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of Life PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the Practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE, Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY: His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the first, His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
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Стр. 74 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Стр. 120 - And sluttish plenty deck'd her table. Their beer was strong; their wine was port; Their meal was large ; their grace was short.
Стр. 27 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be he that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.