A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous: To which is Prefixed, An Essay on Epitaphs, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1806 |
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... yard deep or more , That never lay quiet or silent before . Her head always working , her tongue always prating , And the pulse of her heart continually beating , To the ... church yard . ST . PETER'S , NORWICH . HERE lyeth JOHN BRIGGE 18.
... yard deep or more , That never lay quiet or silent before . Her head always working , her tongue always prating , And the pulse of her heart continually beating , To the ... church yard . ST . PETER'S , NORWICH . HERE lyeth JOHN BRIGGE 18.
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... CHURCH YARD . To the Memory of the learned and ingenious MR . DUGGAN , who died July 6th , 1777 , aged 24 Years . HERE rests a youth whom fate has snatch'd away , Just when his genius beam'd its flatt'ring ray ; But that's not all , his ...
... CHURCH YARD . To the Memory of the learned and ingenious MR . DUGGAN , who died July 6th , 1777 , aged 24 Years . HERE rests a youth whom fate has snatch'd away , Just when his genius beam'd its flatt'ring ray ; But that's not all , his ...
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... CHURCH YARD . ON ADMIRAL BLAK E , Who died in August 1657 . HERE lies a man made Spain and Holland shake , Made France to tremble , and the Turks to quake ; Thus he tam'd men , but if a lady stood In's sight , it rais'd a palsy in his ...
... CHURCH YARD . ON ADMIRAL BLAK E , Who died in August 1657 . HERE lies a man made Spain and Holland shake , Made France to tremble , and the Turks to quake ; Thus he tam'd men , but if a lady stood In's sight , it rais'd a palsy in his ...
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... A HAPPY PAIR . THEY were so one , that none could say Which of them rul'd , or whether did obey . He rul'd , because she would obey ; and she , In so obeying , rul'd as well as he . IN ST . MICHAEL'S CHURCH - YARD , CROOKED LANE 50.
... A HAPPY PAIR . THEY were so one , that none could say Which of them rul'd , or whether did obey . He rul'd , because she would obey ; and she , In so obeying , rul'd as well as he . IN ST . MICHAEL'S CHURCH - YARD , CROOKED LANE 50.
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To which is Prefixed, An Essay on Epitaphs. IN ST . MICHAEL'S CHURCH - YARD , CROOKED LANE . ON ROBERT PRESTON , Late Drawer , at the Boar's Head Tavern , in Great East- cheap , who died March 16th , 1730 , aged 27 . BACCHUS , to give ...
To which is Prefixed, An Essay on Epitaphs. IN ST . MICHAEL'S CHURCH - YARD , CROOKED LANE . ON ROBERT PRESTON , Late Drawer , at the Boar's Head Tavern , in Great East- cheap , who died March 16th , 1730 , aged 27 . BACCHUS , to give ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
beauty Ben Jonson beneath blest bloom born breath buried CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CATHEDRAL charms CHRISTOPHER PITT CHURCH CHURCH-YARD dead dear death died doth dust dy'd e'er earth EDWARD WINTER Epictetus epitaph erected ev'ry eyes faith fame fate genius GEORGE STEEVENS grace grave grief hath heart heaven honest honour hope husband inscription JOHN JOHN MILNE JOVIANUS PONTANUS kill'd kings knight LADY learning lies life's liv'd live London Lord lov'd lyes lyeth maid marble memory mind MONTGOMERYSHIRE monument mortal mourn Muse ne'er never Nott o'er pains parish peace PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL pity poor praise pride Reader rest ROBERT DODSLEY sacred shine sigh sleeps sorrow soul stone sweet tear tender thee thine THOMAS THOMAS KNOLLES thou tomb truth twas virtue weep WESTMINSTER ABBEY wife WILLIAM WILLIAM PRYNNE wise worms wyff youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 20 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Página xiv - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Página 18 - Here rests a woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with sober sense ; No conquest she, but o'er herself desir'd ; No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd.
Página 235 - Virtues lov'd to dwell. Affection warm, and faith sincere, • And soft humanity were there. ' In agony, in death resign'd, She felt the Wound she left behind.
Página 21 - WOULD'ST thou hear what man can say In a little ? reader, stay. Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die : Which in life did harbour give To more virtue than doth live. If at all she had a fault. Leave it buried in this vault. One name was ELIZABETH, The other let it sleep with death : Fitter, where it died, to tell, Than that it lived at all. Farewell 1 SONG.
Página 4 - He played so truly. So by error to his fate They all consented; But viewing him since (alas, too late) They have repented. And have sought (to give new birth) In baths to steep him; But, being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him.
Página 38 - They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided.
Página 95 - Lord 1680, Was buried a true Englishman, Who in Berkshire was well known To love his country's freedom, 'bove his own, But living immured full twenty year, Had time to write, as does appear, HIS EPITAPH.
Página 4 - Weep with me, all you that read This little story : And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As heaven and nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Página 221 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.