Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews W. Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... took me up above , I hope once more to meet once more , And sing redeeming love . Our next is on a railway engine - driver , who died in 1840 , and was buried in Bromsgrove churchyard : - My engine now is cold and still , No water does ...
... took me up above , I hope once more to meet once more , And sing redeeming love . Our next is on a railway engine - driver , who died in 1840 , and was buried in Bromsgrove churchyard : - My engine now is cold and still , No water does ...
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... 'en up his latest inn , In the kind office of a chamberlain Showed him the room where he must lodge that night , Pulled off his boots and took away the light . If any ask for him it shall be said , 8 CURIOUS EPITAPHS .
... 'en up his latest inn , In the kind office of a chamberlain Showed him the room where he must lodge that night , Pulled off his boots and took away the light . If any ask for him it shall be said , 8 CURIOUS EPITAPHS .
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... 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 , the following lines were written : - Here lyeth ...
... 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 , the following lines were written : - Here lyeth ...
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... took him apprentice , and afterwards set him up in business , by which he made a large fortune . In his old age he retired from trade and returned to Taunton , where he founded a hospital . On his monument is the following inscription ...
... took him apprentice , and afterwards set him up in business , by which he made a large fortune . In his old age he retired from trade and returned to Taunton , where he founded a hospital . On his monument is the following inscription ...
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... took the fancy of the royal ladies to such a degree that it was introduced at court under the name of " Gaskoin Mob - Cap . " We have little to add , save that the daughter remained in the royal service , attending especially upon the ...
... took the fancy of the royal ladies to such a degree that it was introduced at court under the name of " Gaskoin Mob - Cap . " We have little to add , save that the daughter remained in the royal service , attending especially upon the ...
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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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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.