Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews William Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... a celebrated bookseller , and eccentric character : - Good passenger , one moment stay , And contemplate this heap of clay ; ' Tis LACKINGTON that claims a pause , Who strove with death , but lost his cause : EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN . 9.
... a celebrated bookseller , and eccentric character : - Good passenger , one moment stay , And contemplate this heap of clay ; ' Tis LACKINGTON that claims a pause , Who strove with death , but lost his cause : EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN . 9.
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William Andrews. Who strove with death , but lost his cause : A stranger genius ne'er need be Than many a merry year was he . Some faults he had , some virtues too ( the devil himself should have his due ) ; And as dame fortune's wheel ...
William Andrews. Who strove with death , but lost his cause : A stranger genius ne'er need be Than many a merry year was he . Some faults he had , some virtues too ( the devil himself should have his due ) ; And as dame fortune's wheel ...
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... cause ; No alderman e'er graced a weighter board , No wit e'er joked more freely with a lord . None could with him in anecdotes confer ; A perfect annal - book , in Elzevir . Whate'er of glory life's first sheets presage , Whate'er the ...
... cause ; No alderman e'er graced a weighter board , No wit e'er joked more freely with a lord . None could with him in anecdotes confer ; A perfect annal - book , in Elzevir . Whate'er of glory life's first sheets presage , Whate'er the ...
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... caused to be placed on the outside of Twickenham Church a tablet bearing the following inscription To the Memory of MARY BEACH Who died Nov. 5th 1725 , Aged 78 . Alexander Pope whom she nursed in his infancy and constantly attended for ...
... caused to be placed on the outside of Twickenham Church a tablet bearing the following inscription To the Memory of MARY BEACH Who died Nov. 5th 1725 , Aged 78 . Alexander Pope whom she nursed in his infancy and constantly attended for ...
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... caused the request to be made , or rather a command given , that some of the aforesaid bread should be forwarded as a specimen . The order was complied with , and gave complete satisfaction . The good schoolmistress was after- wards ...
... caused the request to be made , or rather a command given , that some of the aforesaid bread should be forwarded as a specimen . The order was complied with , and gave complete satisfaction . The good schoolmistress was after- wards ...
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