Curious EpitaphsGood Press, 2019 M12 6 - 982 páginas "Curious Epitaphs" by various by William Andrews is a collection of epitaphs left on the gravestones of various people from all walks of life. From the amusing to the peculiar, Andrews has compiled this collection to entertain readers and honor the memories of the men and women who are immortalized by these words. Businessmen, actors, soldiers, artists, and more are all represented in these pages. |
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... died November 21st , 1822 , aged 49 years : - Here lies one who strove to equal time , A task too hard , each power too sublime ; Time stopt his motion , o'erthrew his balance - wheel , Wore off his pivots , tho ' made of hardened steel ...
... died November 21st , 1822 , aged 49 years : - Here lies one who strove to equal time , A task too hard , each power too sublime ; Time stopt his motion , o'erthrew his balance - wheel , Wore off his pivots , tho ' made of hardened steel ...
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... died , But fell , Like Autumn's fruit , That mellows long , Even wondered at Because he dropt not sooner . Providence seemed to wind him up For fourscore years , Yet ran he nine winters more ; Till , like a clock , Worn out with ...
... died , But fell , Like Autumn's fruit , That mellows long , Even wondered at Because he dropt not sooner . Providence seemed to wind him up For fourscore years , Yet ran he nine winters more ; Till , like a clock , Worn out with ...
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... died in 1840, and was buried in Bromsgrove churchyard:— My engine now is cold and still, No water does my boiler fill; My coke affords its flame no more; My days of usefulness are o'er; My wheels deny their noted speed, No more my ...
... died in 1840, and was buried in Bromsgrove churchyard:— My engine now is cold and still, No water does my boiler fill; My coke affords its flame no more; My days of usefulness are o'er; My wheels deny their noted speed, No more my ...
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... to bed . In Trinity churchyard , Sheffield , formerly might be seen an epitaph on a bookseller , as follows : - In Memory of RICHARD SMITH , who died April 6th , 1757 , aged 52 . At thirteen years I went to sea ; To try.
... to bed . In Trinity churchyard , Sheffield , formerly might be seen an epitaph on a bookseller , as follows : - In Memory of RICHARD SMITH , who died April 6th , 1757 , aged 52 . At thirteen years I went to sea ; To try.
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... died May 2 , 1757 , aged 62 years , and who , having survived his elder brother , Edward Cave , inherited from him a ... dying must be blest . The well - known blacksmith's epitaph , said to be written by the poet Hayley , may be found ...
... died May 2 , 1757 , aged 62 years , and who , having survived his elder brother , Edward Cave , inherited from him a ... dying must be blest . The well - known blacksmith's epitaph , said to be written by the poet Hayley , may be found ...
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Typographical Epitaphs | |
Good and Faithful Servants | |
Curious Epitaphs | |
Epitaphs on Musicians and Actors | |
Old Cookery | |
Epitaphs on Sportsmen | |
Bacchanalian Epitaphs | |
Epitaphs on Parish Clerks and Sextons | |
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Anno Domini Barwick-in-Elmet bearing the following Beneath this stone bless'd blest Blidworth born Braddan burial-ground buried Cathedral Cave chimney money Christ Church churchyard clay death December departed Derbyshire died doth dust earth erected faithful fame famous Farewell following epitaph following inscription following lines Franklin friends Gaskoin George George Cruikshank grave gravestone graveyard head heart Heaven honest honour hope Hudibras Hull inscribed interred James JAMES QUIN JOHN MACBETH JOHN SPONG King King of Northumbria laid lies the body lived London Lord lyeth Mary memory of JOHN memory of THOMAS memory of WILLIAM monument mortal native ne'er o'er parish clerk Phoebe Hessel placed poet poor printer Queen Reader remains remembrance rest royal Sacred Samuel Sarah says servant sleep soldier soul Stoney Middleton Sunderland Point Table of Contents tablet tear thee thou tomb tombstone Twas wife WILLIAM HOGARTH Worcestershire worms Yorkshire