A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern, with an Emblematical Frontispiece ... |
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... lost no friend . Ennobl'd by himself , by all approv'd , Prais'd , wept , and honor'd , by the muse he lov'd . TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID GARRICK , Who died in the year 1779 , at the age of 63 . To paint fair nature by divine command , Her ...
... lost no friend . Ennobl'd by himself , by all approv'd , Prais'd , wept , and honor'd , by the muse he lov'd . TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID GARRICK , Who died in the year 1779 , at the age of 63 . To paint fair nature by divine command , Her ...
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... Lost and Regained . He was born at London in 1608 , and died at Bunhill ( perhaps the same as Bunhill fields ) in 1674 , leaving three daughters behind him unprovided for ; and not long since a grand daugh- ter of his was relieved by a ...
... Lost and Regained . He was born at London in 1608 , and died at Bunhill ( perhaps the same as Bunhill fields ) in 1674 , leaving three daughters behind him unprovided for ; and not long since a grand daugh- ter of his was relieved by a ...
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... lost most of his Masts and Rigging , Watched an opportunity of the Bow - sprit of The La - Pique comming athwart the Blanche , And with his own hands lashed it to the Capstern , And thus converted the whole Stern of the Blanche , Into ...
... lost most of his Masts and Rigging , Watched an opportunity of the Bow - sprit of The La - Pique comming athwart the Blanche , And with his own hands lashed it to the Capstern , And thus converted the whole Stern of the Blanche , Into ...
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... and not expire Till all things else at the universal fire . This verse is lost , his pills embalm him safe To future times without an epitaph . Deceased , April 26 , A. D. 1672 , aged 72 . A MONUMENT On the west Wall of the south stern 53.
... and not expire Till all things else at the universal fire . This verse is lost , his pills embalm him safe To future times without an epitaph . Deceased , April 26 , A. D. 1672 , aged 72 . A MONUMENT On the west Wall of the south stern 53.
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... and not expire Till all things else at the universal fire . This verse is lost , his pills embalm him safe To future times without an epitaph . Deceased , April 26 , A. D. 1672 , aged 72 . A MONUMENT On the west Wall of the south stern 53.
... and not expire Till all things else at the universal fire . This verse is lost , his pills embalm him safe To future times without an epitaph . Deceased , April 26 , A. D. 1672 , aged 72 . A MONUMENT On the west Wall of the south stern 53.
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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.