 | Samuel Orcutt - 1886 - 750 pages
...Mr. Samuel "Sc Mrs. Hannah Curtiss. who died Jan. 17. 1796, /Etat. 21. Hehold and see as you pass bv As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. Elezabeth Curtiss, wife of Isaac Curtiss, died July 1, 1797, aged... | |
 | Paschal Beverly Randolph - 1886 - 292 pages
...this present hour, and each one of them can truly say to each of us : — " Remember this, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you shall be." It is a gala day in Aidenn ! They are holding high festival on Vernalia's emerald slope,... | |
 | 1886 - 588 pages
...With considerable difficulty we deciphered the following lines : — Brothers and sisters, as you pass by: As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you will be, Prepare to die and follow me. The facts were as cold as the stone on which the words were... | |
 | Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society (Pittsfield, Mass.) - 1886 - 498 pages
...Mason, who departed this life June 17th, 1810, in the idth year of his age. Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so must you be, I'repare for death and follow lne. A 55 J. In memory of Julia Cushing, born July 26, 1808... | |
 | Samuel Orcutt - 1886 - 944 pages
...dead rest. Sunn, wife of Samuel P. demons died June 30. 1825. £.. 55 yrs. Reader behold as you pass by, As you are now so once was I ; As I am now you soon must be Prepare for death and follow me. Drussilla demons died Oct. 17, 1820; .K. 25 yrs.... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1887 - 698 pages
...omnia per omnia cipher to an epitaph common In old grave-yards— Stop Careless Youthe as You Pass by. As You are now So once was I As I am now So you Must Be. Oh then Prepare to Follow Me. — ' significants ' are found to read ' Ay ! Shakspear Comedies Writ... | |
 | 1887 - 602 pages
...omnia per omnia cipher to an epitaph common in old grave-yards— 559 Stop Careless Youthe as You Pass by. As You are now So once was I As I am now So you Must Be. Oh then Prepare to Follow Me. — 'significants' are found torqad 'Ay IShakspear Comedies Writ By Francis... | |
 | 1887 - 440 pages
...epitaphs are many of them quaint, and some uncommon i others, such as " Stop my friend as you pass hy, As you are now so once was I ; As I am now so you must he, Prepare for Death & follow me," are familiar to " old mortalities." Everything is indexed in the... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 1887 - 154 pages
...grave of Ebenezer Kingsbury, who died Sept. 3, 1775, aged seventy-two years: Behold & see, as You pass by; As You are now, so once was I; As I am now so must You be: Prepare for Death £ follow me. In 1780, the number of families in the parish was seventyone,... | |
 | 1887 - 682 pages
...variations, on a number of stones in each yard visited : Behold, my friend, as you pass by, As you arc now, so once was I ; As I am now so you must be, — Prepare for death and follow me. To this rather self-complacent verse was added in some instances... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
