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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... 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 art ...
... 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 art ...
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... 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 between Aylesbury and London, by the Rev. H. Bullen, Vicar of Dunton, Bucks, in ...
... 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 between Aylesbury and London, by the Rev. H. Bullen, Vicar of Dunton, Bucks, in ...
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... never have prevailed , Had not his weekly course of carriage failed . But lately finding him so long at home , And thinking now his journey's end was come , And that he had ta'en up his latest inn , In the kind office of a chamberlain ...
... never have prevailed , Had not his weekly course of carriage failed . But lately finding him so long at home , And thinking now his journey's end was come , And that he had ta'en up his latest inn , In the kind office of a chamberlain ...
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... never once forgot his station , Nor e'er disown'd a poor relation ; In poverty he found content , Riches ne'er made him insolent . When poor , he'd rather read than eat , When rich books form'd his highest treat , His first great wish ...
... never once forgot his station , Nor e'er disown'd a poor relation ; In poverty he found content , Riches ne'er made him insolent . When poor , he'd rather read than eat , When rich books form'd his highest treat , His first great wish ...
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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