Chronicles of the Tombs: A Select Collection of Epitaphs, Preceded by an Essay on Epitaphs and Other Monumental Inscriptions, with Incidental Observations on Sepulchral AntiquitiesG. Bell & sons, 1902 - 529 pages |
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Page 46
... figure in a sheet in Salle church , Norfolk . ( 1454. ) Here lyth John Brigge undir this marbil ston , Whos sowle our lorde ihu habe mercy bpon , For in this world worthyly he lived many a day , And here his bodi is berried and cowched ...
... figure in a sheet in Salle church , Norfolk . ( 1454. ) Here lyth John Brigge undir this marbil ston , Whos sowle our lorde ihu habe mercy bpon , For in this world worthyly he lived many a day , And here his bodi is berried and cowched ...
Page 52
... figure : - Here lyeth buryed under thys stone the bodye of Rate = ryne Incent sumtyme the wyf of Robert Incent gent ' father and mother unto John Incent docto ' of ye lawe , who hath done many benefyt and ornament giben unto thys ...
... figure : - Here lyeth buryed under thys stone the bodye of Rate = ryne Incent sumtyme the wyf of Robert Incent gent ' father and mother unto John Incent docto ' of ye lawe , who hath done many benefyt and ornament giben unto thys ...
Page 61
... figures of the planets and planetary orbits : the paths of the comets , the tides , and the ocean and discovered what no one before had ever sus- pected , the difference of the rays of light , and the distinction of colours thence ...
... figures of the planets and planetary orbits : the paths of the comets , the tides , and the ocean and discovered what no one before had ever sus- pected , the difference of the rays of light , and the distinction of colours thence ...
Page 73
... figure of a priest , in St. Peter's Church , at St. Alban's : - : - lo al y ' j sp't y ' su ' tyme had i al yt i gaf j g'd e ie't y ' n ° w haf I y I night gaf ne let y now abie I y ' y kepe til I w'et yt lost y . Lo all that e'er I ...
... figure of a priest , in St. Peter's Church , at St. Alban's : - : - lo al y ' j sp't y ' su ' tyme had i al yt i gaf j g'd e ie't y ' n ° w haf I y I night gaf ne let y now abie I y ' y kepe til I w'et yt lost y . Lo all that e'er I ...
Page 83
... figure of a Judge in his robes between the figures of Justice and Wisdom . What marks in God's law for a judge requir'd , What parts in great men of the best admired ; What gifts of Nature in a private Man , What signs of Grace in a ...
... figure of a Judge in his robes between the figures of Justice and Wisdom . What marks in God's law for a judge requir'd , What parts in great men of the best admired ; What gifts of Nature in a private Man , What signs of Grace in a ...
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Page 472 - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
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Page 403 - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.