A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes of distinguished and estraordinary personsJ. Raw, 1806 - 230 pages |
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... King of Spain Kneller , Sir Godfrey Lawyer , on a ... Dr. Johnson ... Garrick . Whitbread 68 96 32 ཝཱ ཉྙ ཡསྶ 93 8 Milton 122 38 202 225 37 S. Jenyns 24 Cowper ib . himself -30 32 Anne Seward 79 * 169 16 94 15 • Pope 77 11 163 J. Wilkes ...
... King of Spain Kneller , Sir Godfrey Lawyer , on a ... Dr. Johnson ... Garrick . Whitbread 68 96 32 ཝཱ ཉྙ ཡསྶ 93 8 Milton 122 38 202 225 37 S. Jenyns 24 Cowper ib . himself -30 32 Anne Seward 79 * 169 16 94 15 • Pope 77 11 163 J. Wilkes ...
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... King of Spain . Here lies the last King Charles of Spain , Who all his life ne'er made campaign : He made no children , girl nor boy , Nor gave two wives one nuptial joy What has this valiant prince then done , Who long possest so vast ...
... King of Spain . Here lies the last King Charles of Spain , Who all his life ne'er made campaign : He made no children , girl nor boy , Nor gave two wives one nuptial joy What has this valiant prince then done , Who long possest so vast ...
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... Kings he remembered ? He said . “ Henry the Eighth . " What public things he could longest remember ? He said , " The fight at Flowden Field . " Whether the King was there ? He said , " No , he was in France , and the Earl of Surrey was ...
... Kings he remembered ? He said . “ Henry the Eighth . " What public things he could longest remember ? He said , " The fight at Flowden Field . " Whether the King was there ? He said , " No , he was in France , and the Earl of Surrey was ...
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... King slain . WESTMINSTER ABBEY . Thomas Parr , of the county of Salop , Born anno 1483 . He lived in the reigns of ten Princes : Viz . Edward the 4th , Edward the 5th , Richard the 3d , Henry the 7th , Henry the 8th , Edward the 6th ...
... King slain . WESTMINSTER ABBEY . Thomas Parr , of the county of Salop , Born anno 1483 . He lived in the reigns of ten Princes : Viz . Edward the 4th , Edward the 5th , Richard the 3d , Henry the 7th , Henry the 8th , Edward the 6th ...
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... King Charles I. When brought before the King , his Majesty said to him , " You have lived longer than other men , what have you done more than other men ? " He answered , " I did penance when I was an hundred years old : " On his body ...
... King Charles I. When brought before the King , his Majesty said to him , " You have lived longer than other men , what have you done more than other men ? " He answered , " I did penance when I was an hundred years old : " On his body ...
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Page 148 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 188 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 76 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Page 76 - Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.
Page 222 - JLjO ! where this silent Marble weeps, A Friend, a Wife, a Mother sleeps : A Heart, within whose sacred cell The peaceful Virtues lov'd to dwell. Affection warm, and faith sincere, • And soft humanity were there.
Page 189 - Here rests a woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with sober sense ; No conquest she, but o'er herself desir'd ; No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd.
Page 183 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Page 179 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 210 - Parcae thought him one, He played so truly. So by error to his fate They all consented; But viewing him since (alas, too late) They have repented. And have sought (to give new birth) In baths to steep him; But, being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him.
Page 75 - As an actor, confest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.