 | William Walsh - English poetry - 1721 - 392 pages
...a pretty Fellow, AN EP IT APH; On a Talkative Old Maid. BENEATH this filent Stone is laid Anoifie, antiquated, Maid: Who from her Cradle talk'd till <Death, And ne'er before was out of Breath : E 4 Whither Whither She's gone, we cannot tell ; For if fhe talks not, She's in Hell: \ If She's... | |
 | Epigrams, English - 1735 - 286 pages
...afhes, and moulder away. XLII. Epitaph en a talkative old Maid. BENEATH this filent ftone is kid A noify antiquated maid, Who from her cradle talk'd till death, And ne'er before -was out of breath. Whither fhe's gone we cannot tell ; For, if fhe talks not, fhe's in Hell : If fhe's in Heav'n, fhe's there... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1876 - 682 pages
...to prove the utter folly of such an argument, an epitaph in a city church, under date 1750 : — " Beneath this silent stone is laid A noisy, antiquated maid, Who from her cradle talked till death, And ne'er before was out of breath." (A laugh.) The Dean of Arches thought such... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...dare believe, that four in five Will think his better luUf alive. EPITAPH ON A TALKATIVE OLD MAID. BENEATH this silent stone is laid A noisy antiquated...For, if she talks not, she's in Hell: If she's in Heav'n, she's there unblest; Becanse she hates a place of rest. EPITAPH ON AN OLD WOMAN, WHO SOLD POTS... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...is !aiJ A noisy antiquated maid ; Who from her eradle talk'd till death,.. And ne'er before was oat of breath. Whither she's gone we cannot tell. For...talks not, she's in Hell; If she's in Heaven, she's then uiibbst. Because she hates a place of rest. Ax AMWELL, IN HERTFORDSHIRE. That which a being was,... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...MAIL*. Beneath this silent stone is laid Л noisy antiquated maid, Who from her cradle talk'd till drath And ne'er before was out of breath Whither she's gone...For, if she talks not, she's in Hell . If she's in Hcav'n, she's Uierc nnbleat ; Because she hales a place of rest. A HOME ARGUAIENT. By one dccisi re... | |
 | Joe Miller - English wit and humor - 1836 - 266 pages
...thought he had an original drawn, Which you proved to be only a copy. Epitaph on a talkative old Maid. Beneath this silent stone is laid A noisy antiquated maid, Who, from her cradle, talked till death, And ne'er before was out of breath. Whither she's gone we cannot tell, For if she... | |
 | Children's literature, English - 1868 - 510 pages
...thus railing at married life, they are dreadfully hard on the old maids. Here are two examples — " Beneath this silent stone is laid A noisy antiquated maid ; Who, from her cradle talked till death. And ne'er before was out of breath." " A stiff starch virgin, of unblemished fame... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1876 - 694 pages
...to prove the utter folly of such an argument, an epitaph in a city church, under date 1750 : — " Beneath this silent stone is laid A noisy, antiquated maid, Who from her cradle talked till death, And ne'er before was out of breath." (A laugh.) The Dean of Arches thought such... | |
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Epitaph on a talkative old Maid. Beneath this silent Stone is laid, A noisy antiquated Maid, Who from her Cradle talk'd 'till Death, And ne'er before was out of Breath. 
