Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews W. Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... English printer To the memory of WILLIAM CAXTON , who first introduced into Great Britain the Art of Printing ; And who , A.D. 1477 or earlier , exercised that art in the Abbey of Westminster . This Tablet , In remembrance of one to ...
... English printer To the memory of WILLIAM CAXTON , who first introduced into Great Britain the Art of Printing ; And who , A.D. 1477 or earlier , exercised that art in the Abbey of Westminster . This Tablet , In remembrance of one to ...
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... English verse . The following is at all events a conciser version : - The volume of his life being finished here is the end of JACOB TONSON . Weep authors and break your pens ; Your Tonson effaced from the book , is no more 26 CURIOUS ...
... English verse . The following is at all events a conciser version : - The volume of his life being finished here is the end of JACOB TONSON . Weep authors and break your pens ; Your Tonson effaced from the book , is no more 26 CURIOUS ...
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... English as well as American visitors to the city usually wend their way to the last resting - place of the famous man we delight to honour . FRANKLIN'S GRAVE . A printer's sentiment inscribed to the memory of Franklin is worth ...
... English as well as American visitors to the city usually wend their way to the last resting - place of the famous man we delight to honour . FRANKLIN'S GRAVE . A printer's sentiment inscribed to the memory of Franklin is worth ...
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... English master about a century before the days of negro emancipation in the colonies : - Here lies POOR SAMBO , A faithful negro , who ( Attending his master from the West Indies ) , Died on his arrival at Sunderland . For sixty years ...
... English master about a century before the days of negro emancipation in the colonies : - Here lies POOR SAMBO , A faithful negro , who ( Attending his master from the West Indies ) , Died on his arrival at Sunderland . For sixty years ...
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... English . They acted in the courthouse a play in their own language , and realised a good sum of money by their perfor- mances . The design of the piece was " Herod's Tyranny - The Birth of Christ - The Coming of the Wise Men . " A ...
... English . They acted in the courthouse a play in their own language , and realised a good sum of money by their perfor- mances . The design of the piece was " Herod's Tyranny - The Birth of Christ - The Coming of the Wise Men . " A ...
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Página 230 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held...
Página 67 - ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, FELL A MARTYR TO POLITICAL PERSECUTION,' MARCH 14. IN THE YEAR 1757 ; WHEN BRAVERY AND LOYALTY WERE INSUFFICIENT SECURITIES FOR THE LIFE AND HONOUR OF A NAVAL OFFICER.
Página 182 - YE, who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents dignified by sacred zeal, Here, to devotion's bard devoutly just, Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England, exulting in his spotless fame, Ranks with her dearest sons his favourite name.
Página 180 - Dec. 11, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, in consequence of which he registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings. But Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead : Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Página 70 - WHEN through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming, When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish, We fly to our Maker: "Save, LORD! or we perish.
Página 230 - How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ? and white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Página 27 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 180 - IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK, MARINER, A native of Largo, in the county of Fife, Scotland, who lived on this island in complete solitude for four years and four months. He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons, 18 guns, AD 1704, and was taken off in the Duke, privateer, 12th February, 1709.
Página 112 - Man's life is like a winter's day, Some only breakfast, and away ; Others to dinner stay, and are full fed : The oldest man but sups, and goes to bed. Large is his debt who lingers out the day, Who goes the soonest has the least to pay.
Página 158 - Fair maiden Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.