A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern, with an Emblematical Frontispiece ... |
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... poetic composition , have been admitted into the col- lection , they are , at least , entitled to the praise of being moral and instructive , however they may offend JOHN SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , Died Feb. 24 PREFACE. ...
... poetic composition , have been admitted into the col- lection , they are , at least , entitled to the praise of being moral and instructive , however they may offend JOHN SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , Died Feb. 24 PREFACE. ...
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... died in 1718 , aged 45 ; And of Charlotte , his only Daughter , wife of Henry Fane , Esq . who inherited her father's spirit , and amiable in her own innocence and beauty , died in the 23d year of her age , 1739 . Thy reliques Rowe ! to ...
... died in 1718 , aged 45 ; And of Charlotte , his only Daughter , wife of Henry Fane , Esq . who inherited her father's spirit , and amiable in her own innocence and beauty , died in the 23d year of her age , 1739 . Thy reliques Rowe ! to ...
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... Died December 4 , 1732 , aged 45 . The short Epitaph on the front was written by himself . • Life is a jest , and all things show it : I thought so once , but now I know it . Underneath are these verses by Mr. POPE-- Of manners gentle ...
... Died December 4 , 1732 , aged 45 . The short Epitaph on the front was written by himself . • Life is a jest , and all things show it : I thought so once , but now I know it . Underneath are these verses by Mr. POPE-- Of manners gentle ...
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... died October the 4th , 1743 . IN MEMORY OF GRACE SCOTT , . Eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Mauleverer , of Al- erton Mauleverer , in Yorkshire , Bart . born 1622 , married to Colonel Scott , a member of the honorable House of Commons ...
... died October the 4th , 1743 . IN MEMORY OF GRACE SCOTT , . Eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Mauleverer , of Al- erton Mauleverer , in Yorkshire , Bart . born 1622 , married to Colonel Scott , a member of the honorable House of Commons ...
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... died Feb. 16 , 1720 , aged 35 . Statesmen , yet friend to truth , of soul sincere , In action faithful , and in honor clear ! Who broke no promise , serv'd no private end , Who gain'd no title , and who lost no friend . Ennobl'd by ...
... died Feb. 16 , 1720 , aged 35 . Statesmen , yet friend to truth , of soul sincere , In action faithful , and in honor clear ! Who broke no promise , serv'd no private end , Who gain'd no title , and who lost no friend . Ennobl'd by ...
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Page 67 - Why do we mourn departing friends Or shake at death's alarms? 'tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Page 253 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet,* and only took snuff.
Page 47 - HEAR what the voice from heaven proclaims, For all the pious dead, Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their sleeping bed. 2 They die in Jesus and are bless'd ; How kind their slumbers are ! From sufferings and from sins released, And freed from every snare.
Page 215 - 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 35 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London...
Page 246 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.
Page 214 - Take, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave. To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : she bow'd to taste the wave, And died.
Page 251 - EPITAPH ON CHARLES II. Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
Page 217 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 236 - Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.