A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous: To which is Prefixed, An Essay on Epitaphs, Band 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1806 |
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... grief , for christianity and a temple . $ That the designs and decorations of monuments ought likewise to be formed with the same regard to the solemnity of the place , cannot be denied : it is an established principle , that all ...
... grief , for christianity and a temple . $ That the designs and decorations of monuments ought likewise to be formed with the same regard to the solemnity of the place , cannot be denied : it is an established principle , that all ...
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... grief of parents , upon a tomb- stone , my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves , I consider the va nity of grieving for those , whom they must quickly follow . When I see kings lying by those who ...
... grief of parents , upon a tomb- stone , my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves , I consider the va nity of grieving for those , whom they must quickly follow . When I see kings lying by those who ...
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... grief to bliss , from earth to heav'n remov'd , His mem'ry honour'd , as his life belov'd . , That heart , o'er which no evil e'er had pow'r a That disposition , sickness could not sour ! That sense , so oft to riper years denied ! That ...
... grief to bliss , from earth to heav'n remov'd , His mem'ry honour'd , as his life belov'd . , That heart , o'er which no evil e'er had pow'r a That disposition , sickness could not sour ! That sense , so oft to riper years denied ! That ...
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... grief or joy . When bells were rung , and bonfires made , If ask'd , they ne'er denied their aid ; Their jug was to the ringers carry'd , Whoever either died or marry'd : Their billet at the fire was found , Whoever was depos'd or crown ...
... grief or joy . When bells were rung , and bonfires made , If ask'd , they ne'er denied their aid ; Their jug was to the ringers carry'd , Whoever either died or marry'd : Their billet at the fire was found , Whoever was depos'd or crown ...
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... grief ' twas thine to share , SHEFFIELD , ' thro life to all thy merit just , Pays , while he mourns a loss without repair , These dues of friendship to thy hallow'd dust , WALDEN , IN ESSEX . ON SIR THOMAS AWDLEY . Who died April 1544 ...
... grief ' twas thine to share , SHEFFIELD , ' thro life to all thy merit just , Pays , while he mourns a loss without repair , These dues of friendship to thy hallow'd dust , WALDEN , IN ESSEX . ON SIR THOMAS AWDLEY . Who died April 1544 ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 38 - They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.