Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and Other Persons, in Several Parts of Europe: With Translations of Such as are in Latin and Foreign Languages, and Compendious Accounts of the Deceased, Their Lives and Works, Volume 1T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's Inn., 1757 - 288 páginas |
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... She had her Joys , fhe knew her Sorrows , here . Early to Life the Royal Fames fhe gave , Whom ev'ry kinder Pow'r in Keeping have . By Nuptials great , by Birth ftill greater known ; And greatest in her Iffue , fuch a Son . Here Mary ...
... She had her Joys , fhe knew her Sorrows , here . Early to Life the Royal Fames fhe gave , Whom ev'ry kinder Pow'r in Keeping have . By Nuptials great , by Birth ftill greater known ; And greatest in her Iffue , fuch a Son . Here Mary ...
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... She was of a most ancient and ' truly Royal Defcent , related to the greatest Princes • of all Europe ; eminent for all Accomplishments of • Mind and Body . But fuch is the Viciffitude of human Things ! after an Imprisonment of about ...
... She was of a most ancient and ' truly Royal Defcent , related to the greatest Princes • of all Europe ; eminent for all Accomplishments of • Mind and Body . But fuch is the Viciffitude of human Things ! after an Imprisonment of about ...
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... She that in her younger yeares Matcht with two great English Peares , She that did fupply the Wars With thunder , and the Court with Stars ; She that in her Youth had bene Darling to the Maiden Quene , Till fhe was content to quitt Her ...
... She that in her younger yeares Matcht with two great English Peares , She that did fupply the Wars With thunder , and the Court with Stars ; She that in her Youth had bene Darling to the Maiden Quene , Till fhe was content to quitt Her ...
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... She was modeft without Affectation , Eafy without Levity , and referved without Pride : Knew how to stoop without finking ; And to gain People's Affections without leffening their Regards . She was careful without Anxiety , Frugal ...
... She was modeft without Affectation , Eafy without Levity , and referved without Pride : Knew how to stoop without finking ; And to gain People's Affections without leffening their Regards . She was careful without Anxiety , Frugal ...
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... She bore him three Sons and a Daughter . ' The first he was a Man of Might , For which the King made him a Knight . The fecond was both wife and wily , For which the Town made him a Bailly : The third a Factor of Renown , Both in ...
... She bore him three Sons and a Daughter . ' The first he was a Man of Might , For which the King made him a Knight . The fecond was both wife and wily , For which the Town made him a Bailly : The third a Factor of Renown , Both in ...
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Página 278 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 266 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Página 148 - ... 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 180 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Página 97 - His Prince's nearest joy and grief, He had, yet wanted all relief; The prop and ruin of the state; The people's violent love and hate; «° One in extremes loved and abhorred. Riddles lie here, or in a word — Here lies blood; and let it lie Speechless still and never cry.
Página 272 - Yet softer honours, and less noisy fame, Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham : In whom a race, for courage fam'd and art, Ends in the milder merit of the heart : And, chiefs or sages long to Britain given, Pays the last tribute of a saint to Heaven.
Página 173 - Muses' pride, Patron of arts, and judge of nature, died. The scourge of pride, though sanctified or great, Of fops in learning, and of knaves in state : Yet soft his nature, though severe his lay, His anger moral, and his wisdom gay.
Página 112 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong...
Página 3 - Then take Mat's word for it, the sculptor is paid ; That the figure is fine, pray believe your own eye ; Yet credit but lightly what more may be said, For we flatter ourselves, and teach marble to lie.
Página 33 - Sincere, though prudent; constant, yet resign'd; Honour unchang'd, a principle profest, Fix'd to one side, but moderate to the rest: An honest courtier, yet a patriot too, Just to his prince, and to his country true, Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.