Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews W. Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... called The Gentleman's Magazine , whereby he acquired an ample fortune , the whole of which devolved to his family . Here also lies The body of WILLIAM CAVE , second son of the said JOSEPH CAVE , who died May 2 , 1757 , aged 62 years ...
... called The Gentleman's Magazine , whereby he acquired an ample fortune , the whole of which devolved to his family . Here also lies The body of WILLIAM CAVE , second son of the said JOSEPH CAVE , who died May 2 , 1757 , aged 62 years ...
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... called away , And moulded into spiritual clay . On a poor woman who kept an earthenware shop at Chester , the following epitaph was composed : - Beneath this stone lies CATHERINE GRAY , Changed to a lifeless lump of clay ; By earth and ...
... called away , And moulded into spiritual clay . On a poor woman who kept an earthenware shop at Chester , the following epitaph was composed : - Beneath this stone lies CATHERINE GRAY , Changed to a lifeless lump of clay ; By earth and ...
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... a field , which is called " Sambo's grave . " Poor Sambo came over to this country with a cotton cargo , fell ill at Sunderland Point , and died ; and there being no churchyard near , he was laid in GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS . 47.
... a field , which is called " Sambo's grave . " Poor Sambo came over to this country with a cotton cargo , fell ill at Sunderland Point , and died ; and there being no churchyard near , he was laid in GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS . 47.
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... called Kirk's Lambs , which was ordered to the West Indies . She determined to follow her lover , enlisted into the 5th regiment of foot , commanded by General Pearce , and embarked after him . She served there five years without ...
... called Kirk's Lambs , which was ordered to the West Indies . She determined to follow her lover , enlisted into the 5th regiment of foot , commanded by General Pearce , and embarked after him . She served there five years without ...
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... called her ' a jolly old fellow . ' Though blind , she could discern a glimmering light , and I was told would fre- quently state the time of day by the effect of light . " She The next is copied from a time - worn stone in Weem ...
... called her ' a jolly old fellow . ' Though blind , she could discern a glimmering light , and I was told would fre- quently state the time of day by the effect of light . " She The next is copied from a time - worn stone in Weem ...
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aged Anno Domini bears the following Bells Beneath this stone Blidworth born Braddan burial-ground buried BYGON BYGON BYGON 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 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 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 :
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 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 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.
Página 79 - Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bade them breathe anew; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick call'd them back to day: And till ETERNITY with power sublime, Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary TIME, SHAKSPEARE and GARRICK like twin stars shall shine, And earth irradiate with a beam divine. It would be an insult to my readers' understandings to attempt any thing like a criticism on this farrago...
Página 188 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reached the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If Nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honoured dust lies here.
Página 12 - My sledge and hammer lie reclined ; My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are drove, my work is done.