A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous: To which is Prefixed, An Essay on Epitaphs, Band 2Lackington, Allen, & Company Temple of the Muses, Finsby Square, 1806 |
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Aaron Hill beauty beneath BERMONDSEY bless blest born brave BRISTOL CATHEDRAL buried CATHEDRAL CHARLES WAGER church CHURCH-YARD clay daughter dead dear death doth dust dy'd dying e'en e'er earth EDWARD THE CONFESSOR ELIZABETH epitaph erected eternal ev'ry eyes faithful fame fate following inscription gave genius George Carteret glory grace grave grief happy hath heart heav'n honest honour honour'd husband immortal interr'd JAMES JAMES QUIN JOHN King lies the body liv'd living Lord lov'd lyeth marble MARY memory mind monument mortal mother mourn Nahl ne'er NEWINGTON BUTTS o'er Obiit PAUL WHITEHEAD peace Peterborough Cathedral pious poet poor pow'r praise Privy Counsellor reader rest sacred shrine sigh sleep sorrow soul STEPNEY stone SURRY tear tender thee thine thou thro tomb tomb stone truth Twas verse vex'd virtue virtuous weep WESTMINSTER ABBEY wife WILLIAM youth
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Seite 23 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Seite 159 - 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.
Seite 5 - Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bade them breathe anew; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick call'd them back to day: And till ETERNITY with power sublime, Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary TIME, SHAKSPEARE and GARRICK like twin stars shall shine, And earth irradiate with a beam divine. It would be an insult to my readers' understandings to attempt any thing like a criticism on this farrago...
Seite 31 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Seite 163 - 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.
Seite 105 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Seite 53 - 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.
Seite 31 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.
Seite 151 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end; These are thy honours! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the worthy and the good shall say. Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay!
Seite 61 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.