 | Joseph Sansom - 1817 - 340 páginas
...To.day for me, to.morrow for you ; or, in other words; so often repeated upon moralizing tombstones, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death, and follow me. dian wars, and loop holes are still discernible in them, at a secure elevation.— For there was an... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 638 páginas
...born April 18th, 1735, and departed this life, December, 1757." " Behold all ye that now pass by," As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. There are also monuments to Captain Samuel Sackett, Deacon Knapp and others. In the south-east corner... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 páginas
...be dropped over such a burial. " Behold anil see as ynn pass by, As you are now so Once was 1 ; Ля I am now so you must be ; Prepare for death and follow me." We think that the transition and contrast between life and death receives no grand solemnity from such... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1857 - 718 páginas
...than any in the language: ' ' REMEMBER friend, as you pass by, As vou are now so once was I : • As 1 am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.' 1 Whether from its antitheses, its striking truthfulness, or its brevity, cannot now be determined,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1918 - 636 páginas
...the versification on the tomb-stones, a specimen of which is in these words: Behold as you pass by As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. On the tomb-stone of Deborah House, a great name in this Town, was written "She lived desirable, and... | |
 | Henry Reed Stiles - 1859 - 958 páginas
...Windsor who departed This Life January ye 19, 1762, in ye 31st Year of his Age. Behold as You Pass by as You are now So Once was I. as I am Now So You Must be Prepare for Death and Follow me In Memory of CHARLES ELLSWORTH Esq who Departed this Life Jan 4, 1776, in ye 47th year of his age While... | |
 | 1861 - 692 páginas
...however I will only give a single specimen : — ' ' Stop traveller, as you pass by ; As you are now, BO once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare for death and follow me." Time passed and a new generation with new ideas, more refined tastes and ample resources appeared.... | |
 | Henry Marvin Benedict - 1870 - 622 páginas
...iis- jd- She d. April 26, 1834. On his tombtone is the following : " Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me." Ch. RACHEL, b. Aug. 25, 1771; d. Oct. 6, 1777. LUCY, b. July 18, 1775; d. Oct- 4. '77717. SAMUEL' (Samuel,*... | |
 | 1921 - 774 páginas
...comes on my bones must rot Read this that I am not forjrot Behold and see as you pass by As you arc now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me The epitaph, so far as the last four lines are concerned, is a common one in New England graveyards... | |
 | Josiah Howard Temple - 1875 - 696 páginas
...June 17 1797) In the 26 year of His Age Remember friends as you pass by As you arc now so once was 1 As I am now so you must be Prepare for Death and follow me Hannah C {wife of Joseph C Brigh»m| Diet! | Oct 4 1855! a. 48 There is rest in Heaven Jane | wife... | |
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Behold And See as you Pass by As you are now so Once Was I : As I am now so you must be Prepare for Death and follow me. 
