A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes of distinguished and estraordinary personsJ. Raw, 1806 - 230 頁 |
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... monument , Or hireling epitaph , that can prevent The flux of fame : a painted sepulchre Is but a rotten trustlesse treasurer , And a fair gate built to oblivion . But he whose life , whose every action , Like well wrought stones and ...
... monument , Or hireling epitaph , that can prevent The flux of fame : a painted sepulchre Is but a rotten trustlesse treasurer , And a fair gate built to oblivion . But he whose life , whose every action , Like well wrought stones and ...
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... monument There sleep the sweetest innocent ; That e'er with tender passions warm'd A parent's heart , or smiling charm'd : Her wit mature , her rosy cheeks , As the op'ning blossoms gay , Or the star , when morning breaks ,. Heav'n saw ...
... monument There sleep the sweetest innocent ; That e'er with tender passions warm'd A parent's heart , or smiling charm'd : Her wit mature , her rosy cheeks , As the op'ning blossoms gay , Or the star , when morning breaks ,. Heav'n saw ...
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... monument arise , This humble stone shews where they lie , Bids us like them be just and wise , Like them to live , like them to die . No flattery is written here ; Their friends all say so with a tear . In memory of George Clark , Esq ...
... monument arise , This humble stone shews where they lie , Bids us like them be just and wise , Like them to live , like them to die . No flattery is written here ; Their friends all say so with a tear . In memory of George Clark , Esq ...
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... Monument , finely executed by Flaxman , Collins is repre- sented as just recovered from a wild fit of phrensy , to which he was unhappily subject , în a calm and reclining posture , seeking refuge from his misfortunes in he consolations ...
... Monument , finely executed by Flaxman , Collins is repre- sented as just recovered from a wild fit of phrensy , to which he was unhappily subject , în a calm and reclining posture , seeking refuge from his misfortunes in he consolations ...
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... monument , He died March the 25th , 1773 , Aged 65 . Here o'er the tomb were Dealtry's ashes sleep , See health in emblematic anguish weep ; She drops her faded wreath , " No more , " she cries , " Let languid mortals , with beseeching ...
... monument , He died March the 25th , 1773 , Aged 65 . Here o'er the tomb were Dealtry's ashes sleep , See health in emblematic anguish weep ; She drops her faded wreath , " No more , " she cries , " Let languid mortals , with beseeching ...
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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.