Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews W. Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... EPITAPHS 105 EPITAPHS ON PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS 119 PUNNING EPITAPHS 134 MANXLAND EPITAPHS 141 EPITAPHS ON NOTABLE PERSONS 149 MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS 209 INDEX 235 UNIV . OF CALIFORNIA CURIOUS EPITAPHS . M Epitaphs on.
... EPITAPHS 105 EPITAPHS ON PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS 119 PUNNING EPITAPHS 134 MANXLAND EPITAPHS 141 EPITAPHS ON NOTABLE PERSONS 149 MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS 209 INDEX 235 UNIV . OF CALIFORNIA CURIOUS EPITAPHS . M Epitaphs on.
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... clerk ; Death snatch'd him hence , and also from him took His needle , thimble , sword , and prayer - book . He could not work , nor fight , —what then ? He left the world , and faintly cried , " Amen ! " 1 On an Oxford bellows - maker ...
... clerk ; Death snatch'd him hence , and also from him took His needle , thimble , sword , and prayer - book . He could not work , nor fight , —what then ? He left the world , and faintly cried , " Amen ! " 1 On an Oxford bellows - maker ...
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... clerk ; Death snatched him hence , and from him took His gun , his shuttle , fish - rod , and hook , He could not weave , nor fish , nor fight , so then He left the world , and faintly cried Amen . Bacchanalian Epitaphs . OME singular ...
... clerk ; Death snatched him hence , and from him took His gun , his shuttle , fish - rod , and hook , He could not weave , nor fish , nor fight , so then He left the world , and faintly cried Amen . Bacchanalian Epitaphs . OME singular ...
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... wben difembodied at Winchefter on 26 April 1802 , in confequence of the original Stane being defores From a Photo by ] [ F. A. Grant . Epitaphs on Parish Clerks and Sertons . OT a few. THETCHER'S TOMBSTONE , WINCHESTER .
... wben difembodied at Winchefter on 26 April 1802 , in confequence of the original Stane being defores From a Photo by ] [ F. A. Grant . Epitaphs on Parish Clerks and Sertons . OT a few. THETCHER'S TOMBSTONE , WINCHESTER .
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... clerk of this Parish . He lived respected as a pious and mirthful man , and died on his way to church to assist at a wedding , On the 31st day of March , 1811 , Aged 70 years . The inhabitants of Crayford have raised this stone to his ...
... clerk of this Parish . He lived respected as a pious and mirthful man , and died on his way to church to assist at a wedding , On the 31st day of March , 1811 , Aged 70 years . The inhabitants of Crayford have raised this stone to his ...
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aged Anno Domini bears the following Bells Beneath this stone Blidworth born Braddan burial-ground buried BYGONE Cathedral Cave chancel Charles chimney money Christ Church churchyard clay curious epitaph death departed Derbyshire died doth dust earth edited by William English epitaph erected faithful fame Farewell following epitaph following inscription following lines George George Cruikshank grave gravestone bearing graveyard head heart Henry HENRY JENKINS honest honour Hudibras Hull inscribed interesting interred James JOHN GUY King King of Northumbria laid lived London Lord lover Mary memory of JOHN memory of THOMAS memory of WILLIAM monument ne'er Nottinghamshire o'er parish clerk Phoebe Hessel placed poet poor printer Queen reader remains rest Sacred Sambo's grave says sexton Simon Byrne soldier soul tablet tear thee thou tomb tombstone Twas Tyack unto volume wife William Andrews WILLIAM ETTY WILLIAM HOGARTH Worcestershire worms worth Yorkshire
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