A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes of distinguished and estraordinary persons |
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... poor Tom befriend ! In vain for him did Sol his light display , ' Twas always moonshine either night or day . In the Church at Kendal , Westmoreland , written by Dr. Watson , Bishop of Landaff . In memory of SIR JOHN WILSON , KNT . One ...
... poor Tom befriend ! In vain for him did Sol his light display , ' Twas always moonshine either night or day . In the Church at Kendal , Westmoreland , written by Dr. Watson , Bishop of Landaff . In memory of SIR JOHN WILSON , KNT . One ...
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... Of great grand - children five times four . Rich born , rich bred , but fate adverse His wealth and fortune did reverse . He lived and died immensely poor , July the 10th aged ninety - four . In a Country Church - Yard , Cornwall . Here 14.
... Of great grand - children five times four . Rich born , rich bred , but fate adverse His wealth and fortune did reverse . He lived and died immensely poor , July the 10th aged ninety - four . In a Country Church - Yard , Cornwall . Here 14.
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... , they say His other self , his money , lay . And if those heirs continue kind To that dear self he left behind , I dare to swear that four in five Will think his better self alive Selby , Yorkshire . Here lies the body of poor 22.
... , they say His other self , his money , lay . And if those heirs continue kind To that dear self he left behind , I dare to swear that four in five Will think his better self alive Selby , Yorkshire . Here lies the body of poor 22.
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... poor ; And , what is uncommon , he sent it while sweet , And such as a prince might accept as a treat . Let nobles and princes , who've plenty in store , Go copy our Bob , and they need do no more : He had a good heart , not a kinder ...
... poor ; And , what is uncommon , he sent it while sweet , And such as a prince might accept as a treat . Let nobles and princes , who've plenty in store , Go copy our Bob , and they need do no more : He had a good heart , not a kinder ...
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... poor Johnson , reader , have a care , Tread lightly , lest you rouse a sleeping bear ; Religious , moral , gen'rous and humane He was but self - sufficient , rude and vain : Ill - bred , and overbearing in dispute ; A scholar and a ...
... poor Johnson , reader , have a care , Tread lightly , lest you rouse a sleeping bear ; Religious , moral , gen'rous and humane He was but self - sufficient , rude and vain : Ill - bred , and overbearing in dispute ; A scholar and a ...
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Page 148 - 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.
Page 188 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 76 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Page 76 - Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.
Page 222 - JLjO ! where this silent Marble weeps, A Friend, a Wife, a Mother sleeps : A Heart, within whose sacred cell The peaceful Virtues lov'd to dwell. Affection warm, and faith sincere, • And soft humanity were there.
Page 189 - 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.
Page 183 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Page 179 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 210 - Parcae thought him one, 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.
Page 75 - As an actor, confest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.