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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... laid up, And here his journey ends. Death locked his wheels and gave him rest, And never more to move, Till Christ shall call him with the blest To heavenly realms above. The epitaph we next give is on the driver of the coach that ran ...
... laid up, And here his journey ends. Death locked his wheels and gave him rest, And never more to move, Till Christ shall call him with the blest To heavenly realms above. The epitaph we next give is on the driver of the coach that ran ...
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... laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul , twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown : ' Twas such a shifter , that , if truth were known , Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had any time ...
... laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul , twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown : ' Twas such a shifter , that , if truth were known , Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had any time ...
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... laid dancing down , To be a bookseller in this town , Where I continued without strife , Till death deprived me of my life . Vain world , to thee I bid farewell , To rest within this silent cell , Till the great God shall summon all To ...
... laid dancing down , To be a bookseller in this town , Where I continued without strife , Till death deprived me of my life . Vain world , to thee I bid farewell , To rest within this silent cell , Till the great God shall summon all To ...
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... laid . My coal is spent , my iron's gone , My nails are drove , my work is done ; My fire - dried corpse lies here ... lay , Until the dead be called away , And moulded into spiritual clay . On a poor woman who kept an earthenware shop ...
... laid . My coal is spent , my iron's gone , My nails are drove , my work is done ; My fire - dried corpse lies here ... lay , Until the dead be called away , And moulded into spiritual clay . On a poor woman who kept an earthenware shop ...
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... laid along , Fell'd. Memory of SAMUEL Bagshaw late of Har- ding - Booth who depar- ted this life June the 5th 1787 aged 71 years . Beneath lie mouldering into Dust A Carpenter's Remains . A man laborious , honest , just : his Character ...
... laid along , Fell'd. Memory of SAMUEL Bagshaw late of Har- ding - Booth who depar- ted this life June the 5th 1787 aged 71 years . Beneath lie mouldering into Dust A Carpenter's Remains . A man laborious , honest , just : his Character ...
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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