A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes of distinguished and estraordinary personsJ. Raw, 1806 - 230 頁 |
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第 9 頁
... dust .. England , exulting in his spotless fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his fav'rite name : Sense , fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise , So clear a title to affection's praise ; His highest honours to the heart belong ; His ...
... dust .. England , exulting in his spotless fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his fav'rite name : Sense , fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise , So clear a title to affection's praise ; His highest honours to the heart belong ; His ...
第 11 頁
... dust . On the other side of the stone is as follows : " By special grant of the managers to Robert Burns , " who erected this stone , this burial place is to remain " for ever sacred to the memory of Robert Fergusson . " On a Lawyer ...
... dust . On the other side of the stone is as follows : " By special grant of the managers to Robert Burns , " who erected this stone , this burial place is to remain " for ever sacred to the memory of Robert Fergusson . " On a Lawyer ...
第 22 頁
... dust and ashes . On Mr. Demar , who died July the 6th , 1720 : Beneath this verdant hillock lies Demar the wealthy and the wise . His heirs , that he might safely rest , ! Have put his carcass in a chest . The very chest , in which ...
... dust and ashes . On Mr. Demar , who died July the 6th , 1720 : Beneath this verdant hillock lies Demar the wealthy and the wise . His heirs , that he might safely rest , ! Have put his carcass in a chest . The very chest , in which ...
第 29 頁
... dust . This gentleman was remarkable for having introduced Aue- tions into this country ; the firs of which was about the year 1700 , of some goods brought home by him from Fort George , in the East Indies , of which place he had been ...
... dust . This gentleman was remarkable for having introduced Aue- tions into this country ; the firs of which was about the year 1700 , of some goods brought home by him from Fort George , in the East Indies , of which place he had been ...
第 48 頁
... was Both fortunes he try'd but to neither would trust , And whirl'd in the round as the wheel turn'd about , He found riches had wings , and he knew man was but dust . This verse , little polish'd , tho ' mighty sincere 48.
... was Both fortunes he try'd but to neither would trust , And whirl'd in the round as the wheel turn'd about , He found riches had wings , and he knew man was but dust . This verse , little polish'd , tho ' mighty sincere 48.
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第 148 頁 - 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.
第 188 頁 - 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.
第 76 頁 - 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.
第 76 頁 - 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.
第 222 頁 - 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.
第 189 頁 - 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.
第 183 頁 - 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.
第 179 頁 - 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.
第 210 頁 - 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.
第 75 頁 - 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.