Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews William Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... character , nor highly poetical , but they display the whims and oddities of men . We will first present a few relating to the watch and clock - making trade . The first specimen is from Lydford churchyard , on the borders of Dartmoor ...
... character , nor highly poetical , but they display the whims and oddities of men . We will first present a few relating to the watch and clock - making trade . The first specimen is from Lydford churchyard , on the borders of Dartmoor ...
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... characters on the upper face . The tops of the upright iron railings which surround the tomb have been gilt , and the restored inscription runs as follows : -- In memory of MR . JOHN HARRISON , late of Red Lion- square , London ...
... characters on the upper face . The tops of the upright iron railings which surround the tomb have been gilt , and the restored inscription runs as follows : -- In memory of MR . JOHN HARRISON , late of Red Lion- square , London ...
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... 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.
... 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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... Character sustains . In seventy - one revolving Years He sow'd no Seeds of Strife ; : With Ax and Saw , Line , Rule and Square , employed his careful life . But Death who view'd his peaceful Lot His Tree of Life assail'd His Grave was ...
... Character sustains . In seventy - one revolving Years He sow'd no Seeds of Strife ; : With Ax and Saw , Line , Rule and Square , employed his careful life . But Death who view'd his peaceful Lot His Tree of Life assail'd His Grave was ...
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... character - he did not lack it , And if he did - ' twere shame to Black it ! The following lines are on a cobbler : — Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand , But always found him on the mending hand ; At length Death came , in very ...
... character - he did not lack it , And if he did - ' twere shame to Black it ! The following lines are on a cobbler : — Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand , But always found him on the mending hand ; At length Death came , in very ...
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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