Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews W. Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... inscribed on a tombstone placed over the remains of George Prissick , plumber and glazier : - Adieu , my friend , my thread of life is spun ; The diamond will not cut , the solder will not run ; My body's turned to ashes , my grief and ...
... inscribed on a tombstone placed over the remains of George Prissick , plumber and glazier : - Adieu , my friend , my thread of life is spun ; The diamond will not cut , the solder will not run ; My body's turned to ashes , my grief and ...
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... inscribed : - Of tender thread this mortal web is made , The woof and warp and colours early fade ; When power divine awakes the sleeping dust , He gives immortal garments to the just . Our next epitaph , from Weston , is placed over ...
... inscribed : - Of tender thread this mortal web is made , The woof and warp and colours early fade ; When power divine awakes the sleeping dust , He gives immortal garments to the just . Our next epitaph , from Weston , is placed over ...
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... inscribed on a miller : - In memory of EDWARD SWAIR , who departed this life , June 16 , 1781 . Here lies a man which Farmers lov'd Who always to them constant proved ; Dealt with freedom , Just and Fair- An honest miller all declare ...
... inscribed on a miller : - In memory of EDWARD SWAIR , who departed this life , June 16 , 1781 . Here lies a man which Farmers lov'd Who always to them constant proved ; Dealt with freedom , Just and Fair- An honest miller all declare ...
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... inscribed by WILLIAM CHAMBERS , LL.D. The next is in memory of one Edward Jones , ob . 1705 , at . 53. He was the " Gazette " Printer of the Savoy , and the following epitaph was appended to an elegy , entitled , " The Mercury Hawkers ...
... inscribed by WILLIAM CHAMBERS , LL.D. The next is in memory of one Edward Jones , ob . 1705 , at . 53. He was the " Gazette " Printer of the Savoy , and the following epitaph was appended to an elegy , entitled , " The Mercury Hawkers ...
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... inscribed to the memory of Franklin is worth reproducing BENJAMIN FRANKLIN , the of his profession ; the type of honesty ; the of all ; and although the a . to his existence , each § of his life is without a || . of death put in the old ...
... inscribed to the memory of Franklin is worth reproducing BENJAMIN FRANKLIN , the of his profession ; the type of honesty ; the of all ; and although the a . to his existence , each § of his life is without a || . of death put in the old ...
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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.