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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... Hand never stopped till he had relieved distress . So nicely regulated were all his motions , that he never went wrong , except when set a - going by people who did not know his Key ; even then he was easily set right again . He had the ...
... Hand never stopped till he had relieved distress . So nicely regulated were all his motions , that he never went wrong , except when set a - going by people who did not know his Key ; even then he was easily set right again . He had the ...
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... hand by his Maker ; and of being thoroughly cleaned , repaired , and set a - going in the world to come . In the churchyard of Uttoxeter , a monument is placed to the memory of Joseph Slater , who died November 21st , 1822 , aged 49 ...
... hand by his Maker ; and of being thoroughly cleaned , repaired , and set a - going in the world to come . In the churchyard of Uttoxeter , a monument is placed to the memory of Joseph Slater , who died November 21st , 1822 , aged 49 ...
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... hand they need; My whistle, too, has lost its tone, Its shrill and thrilling sounds are gone; My valves are now thrown open wide; My flanges all refuse to guide, My clacks also, though once so strong, Refuse to aid the busy throng: No ...
... hand they need; My whistle, too, has lost its tone, Its shrill and thrilling sounds are gone; My valves are now thrown open wide; My flanges all refuse to guide, My clacks also, though once so strong, Refuse to aid the busy throng: No ...
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... hand , and with dust is blended ; Thy way - bill is examined , and I trust Thy last account may prove exact and just . When he who drives the chariot of the day , Where life is light , whose Word's the living way , Where travellers ...
... hand , and with dust is blended ; Thy way - bill is examined , and I trust Thy last account may prove exact and just . When he who drives the chariot of the day , Where life is light , whose Word's the living way , Where travellers ...
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... hand was open , and his heart was true ; In what he gain'd and gave , he taught mankind A grateful always is a generous mind . Here rests his clay ! his soul must ever rest , Who bless'd when living , dying must be blest . The well ...
... hand was open , and his heart was true ; In what he gain'd and gave , he taught mankind A grateful always is a generous mind . Here rests his clay ! his soul must ever rest , Who bless'd when living , dying must be blest . The well ...
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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