Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews William Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... poor relation ; In poverty he found content , Riches ne'er made him insolent . When poor , he'd rather read than eat , When rich books form'd his highest treat , His first great wish to act , with care , The sev'ral parts assigned him ...
... poor relation ; In poverty he found content , Riches ne'er made him insolent . When poor , he'd rather read than eat , When rich books form'd his highest treat , His first great wish to act , with care , The sev'ral parts assigned him ...
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... poor woman who kept an earthenware shop at Chester , the following the following epitaph was composed : - Beneath this stone lies CATHERINE GRAY , Changed to a lifeless lump of clay ; By earth and clay she got her pelf , And now she's ...
... poor woman who kept an earthenware shop at Chester , the following the following epitaph was composed : - Beneath this stone lies CATHERINE GRAY , Changed to a lifeless lump of clay ; By earth and clay she got her pelf , And now she's ...
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... from Byron's pen : - Stranger ! behold interr'd together The souls of learning and of leather . Poor Joe is gone , but left his awl- You'll find his relics in a stall . His work was neat , and often found Well - 2 EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN .
... from Byron's pen : - Stranger ! behold interr'd together The souls of learning and of leather . Poor Joe is gone , but left his awl- You'll find his relics in a stall . His work was neat , and often found Well - 2 EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN .
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... poor , and you shall have it . Gentle reader , may Heaven strike Thy tender heart to do the like ; And now thy eyes have read his story , Give him the praise , and God the glory . He died at the age of 65 years , in 1635 . In Rotherham ...
... poor , and you shall have it . Gentle reader , may Heaven strike Thy tender heart to do the like ; And now thy eyes have read his story , Give him the praise , and God the glory . He died at the age of 65 years , in 1635 . In Rotherham ...
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... poor JOE Wright ; Few heads with knowledge more informed , Few hearts with friendship better warmed ; With ready wit and humour broad , He pleased the peasant , squire , and lord ; Until grim death , with visage queer , Assumed Joe's ...
... poor JOE Wright ; Few heads with knowledge more informed , Few hearts with friendship better warmed ; With ready wit and humour broad , He pleased the peasant , squire , and lord ; Until grim death , with visage queer , Assumed Joe's ...
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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