A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes of distinguished and estraordinary personsJ. Raw, 1806 - 230 頁 |
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... things ; For few were so hard or so close But he would screw into them , and spy thro ' them ; He shewed great strokes of his strong parts , As well in cutting asunder the firmest connections Which lay in his way , As in uniting what he ...
... things ; For few were so hard or so close But he would screw into them , and spy thro ' them ; He shewed great strokes of his strong parts , As well in cutting asunder the firmest connections Which lay in his way , As in uniting what he ...
第 22 頁
... things went wrong or lame , Would stoop to set them on letter footing . He was not linked to any party ; Old and New were equally his interest ; He made a great noise in the world ; And shone in his station , Till age spread a rust over ...
... things went wrong or lame , Would stoop to set them on letter footing . He was not linked to any party ; Old and New were equally his interest ; He made a great noise in the world ; And shone in his station , Till age spread a rust over ...
第 36 頁
... thing to die , ( ' Twas ev'n to thee ) yet the dread path once trod , Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high , And bids " the pure in heart behold their God . " " Dr. Messenger Monsey was born 1693 , at a Village in Norfolk educated ...
... thing to die , ( ' Twas ev'n to thee ) yet the dread path once trod , Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high , And bids " the pure in heart behold their God . " " Dr. Messenger Monsey was born 1693 , at a Village in Norfolk educated ...
第 37 頁
... I've said . * It was his usual custom in company , when he told them any . thing , to ask d'ye hear ? And if any said he did not hear him John would reply , no matter , I've said . A White Chapel Epitaph . Here lies honest Stephen with 37.
... I've said . * It was his usual custom in company , when he told them any . thing , to ask d'ye hear ? And if any said he did not hear him John would reply , no matter , I've said . A White Chapel Epitaph . Here lies honest Stephen with 37.
第 38 頁
... thing to think on That do what one can to moisten our clay , " Twill one day be ashes , and moulder away . BOLTON , YORKSHIRE . Blush not , marble ! To rescue from oblivion The memory of HENRY JENKINS ; A person obscure by birth , But ...
... thing to think on That do what one can to moisten our clay , " Twill one day be ashes , and moulder away . BOLTON , YORKSHIRE . Blush not , marble ! To rescue from oblivion The memory of HENRY JENKINS ; A person obscure by birth , But ...
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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.