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... Westminster , Said I , the man that keeps the Abbey - tombs , And for his price doth , with whoever comes , Of all our Harrys and our Edwards talk , From king to king , and all their kin can walk ; Your ears shall hear nought but kings ...
... Westminster , Said I , the man that keeps the Abbey - tombs , And for his price doth , with whoever comes , Of all our Harrys and our Edwards talk , From king to king , and all their kin can walk ; Your ears shall hear nought but kings ...
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... Westminster Abbey . JACOBUS CRAGGS . REGI MAGNE BRITANNIE A SECRETIS ET CONSILIIS SANCTIORIBUS , PRINCIPIS PARITER AC POPULI AMOR ET DELICIE : VIXIT TITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR ANNOS , HEU TAUCOS , XXXV . OB . FEB . XVI ... Westminster- Abbey,
... Westminster Abbey . JACOBUS CRAGGS . REGI MAGNE BRITANNIE A SECRETIS ET CONSILIIS SANCTIORIBUS , PRINCIPIS PARITER AC POPULI AMOR ET DELICIE : VIXIT TITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR ANNOS , HEU TAUCOS , XXXV . OB . FEB . XVI ... Westminster- Abbey,
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... Westminster Abbey , 1723 . KNELLER by Heav'n , and not a master , taught , Whose art was Nature , and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages having snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was beauteous , or whate'er was ... Westminster- Abbey, 1723,
... Westminster Abbey , 1723 . KNELLER by Heav'n , and not a master , taught , Whose art was Nature , and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages having snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was beauteous , or whate'er was ... Westminster- Abbey, 1723,
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John Bell. IX . On General Henry Wilbers , in Westminster Abbey . 1729 , HERE , Withers ! rest ; thou bravest , gentlest , mind , Thy country's friend , but more ... Abbey 240 EPITAPHS . On General Henry Withers, in Westminster Abbey, 1729,
John Bell. IX . On General Henry Wilbers , in Westminster Abbey . 1729 , HERE , Withers ! rest ; thou bravest , gentlest , mind , Thy country's friend , but more ... Abbey 240 EPITAPHS . On General Henry Withers, in Westminster Abbey, 1729,
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... Mortalem Hoc Marmor Fatetur . Nature , and Nature's laws lay hid in night ; God said , Let Newton be ! and all was light . XIII . On Dr. Francis Atterbury , Bishop of Rochester X. iij EPITAPHS . 241 On Mr Gay, in Westminster-Abbey, 1732,
... Mortalem Hoc Marmor Fatetur . Nature , and Nature's laws lay hid in night ; God said , Let Newton be ! and all was light . XIII . On Dr. Francis Atterbury , Bishop of Rochester X. iij EPITAPHS . 241 On Mr Gay, in Westminster-Abbey, 1732,
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Page 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 40 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Page 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 40 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Page 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...