A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern, with an Emblematical Frontispiece ... |
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... human nature . I trust in an Almighty and all good God . O ! thou Being of Beings , have compassion on me . For my king often , for my country forever . TO THE MEMORY OF NICHOLAS ROWE , Esq . Who died in 1718 , aged 45 ; And of ...
... human nature . I trust in an Almighty and all good God . O ! thou Being of Beings , have compassion on me . For my king often , for my country forever . TO THE MEMORY OF NICHOLAS ROWE , Esq . Who died in 1718 , aged 45 ; And of ...
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... human kind . Oh born to arms ! oh worth in youth approv'd ! Oh soft humanity in age belov'd ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear , And the gay courtier feels his sigh sincere . Withers adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial ...
... human kind . Oh born to arms ! oh worth in youth approv'd ! Oh soft humanity in age belov'd ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear , And the gay courtier feels his sigh sincere . Withers adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial ...
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... human misery ; From the Throne to the Dungeon , His name was mentioned with respect , Gratitude and admiration . His modesty alone Defeated various efforts which were made during His life , to erect this Statue , Which the public has ...
... human misery ; From the Throne to the Dungeon , His name was mentioned with respect , Gratitude and admiration . His modesty alone Defeated various efforts which were made during His life , to erect this Statue , Which the public has ...
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... human life , the civil wars ; These ne'er disturb'd her peaceful mind , Which still was gentle , still was kind . Her very looks , her garb , her mein , Disclos'd the humble soul within ; Trace her thro ' every scene of life , View her ...
... human life , the civil wars ; These ne'er disturb'd her peaceful mind , Which still was gentle , still was kind . Her very looks , her garb , her mein , Disclos'd the humble soul within ; Trace her thro ' every scene of life , View her ...
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... human frailty makes thy parents weep , Yet thou in innocence , dost sweetly sleep ; Thy soul to Paradise is softly fled , There to await , till Christ shall raise the dead ; Then to Heav'n , he will thy soul translate , All joys to know ...
... human frailty makes thy parents weep , Yet thou in innocence , dost sweetly sleep ; Thy soul to Paradise is softly fled , There to await , till Christ shall raise the dead ; Then to Heav'n , he will thy soul translate , All joys to know ...
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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.