A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions: On the Most Illustrious Persons of All Ages and CountriesSimpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1857 - 517 էջ |
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Էջ vii
... honour of the brave de- fenders of that celebrated pass , and upon the monument were two inscriptions , one of which was general , and related to all those that died at Thermopylæ , importing that " the Greeks of Peloponnesus , to the ...
... honour of the brave de- fenders of that celebrated pass , and upon the monument were two inscriptions , one of which was general , and related to all those that died at Thermopylæ , importing that " the Greeks of Peloponnesus , to the ...
Էջ xiv
... an illustrious house ; the other commended the dead , because he had propped up an old house that was falling . Alas ! alas ! cried I , such monuments as these confer honour , not upon the great men , XIV EPITAPHS , ETC.
... an illustrious house ; the other commended the dead , because he had propped up an old house that was falling . Alas ! alas ! cried I , such monuments as these confer honour , not upon the great men , XIV EPITAPHS , ETC.
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On the Most Illustrious Persons of All Ages and Countries Silvester Tissington. these confer honour , not upon the great men , but upon little Roubilliac . " With regard to the rules to be observed in composing an epitaph , many opinions ...
On the Most Illustrious Persons of All Ages and Countries Silvester Tissington. these confer honour , not upon the great men , but upon little Roubilliac . " With regard to the rules to be observed in composing an epitaph , many opinions ...
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... honour of his beloved and unfortunate master , KING CHARLES I. , whose bust stands above . Immediately beneath the bust is this inscrip- tion : - " This effigy was erected by the special appointment of Sir Nicholas Crispe , knight and ...
... honour of his beloved and unfortunate master , KING CHARLES I. , whose bust stands above . Immediately beneath the bust is this inscrip- tion : - " This effigy was erected by the special appointment of Sir Nicholas Crispe , knight and ...
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... honours of a tomb Greatness in humble ruin lies : ( How earth confines in narrow room What heroes leave beneath the skies ! ) Preserve , O venerable Pile , Inviolate thy sacred trust , To thy cold arms thy British Isle , Weeping ...
... honours of a tomb Greatness in humble ruin lies : ( How earth confines in narrow room What heroes leave beneath the skies ! ) Preserve , O venerable Pile , Inviolate thy sacred trust , To thy cold arms thy British Isle , Weeping ...
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aged Alexander Pope Anno Domini Bath Abbey bearing the following beauty beloved Ben Jonson beneath blessed blest born Bremhill Captain celebrated chapel Charles Christ church churchyard daughter DAVID GARRICK dead dear death Derbyshire died A.D. divine dust Earl earth Elizabeth epitaph erected faith fame father following epitaph following inscription gentle GEORGE GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL glory grace grave grief hath heart heaven Henry honour husband inscribed interred Ipswich JAMES JOHN John Milton King Lady Latin lies the body liv'd lived London Lord Lord Byron Lord Eldon lov'd lyeth marble MARY MATTHEW PRIOR memory monument mortal mother o'er parish peace pedestal poet poor Queen Reader remains rest ROBERT sacred sleep sorrow soul stone Suffolk sweet tablet tear thee thine THOMAS thou tomb tombstone virtues weep Westminster Abbey wife WILLIAM Wirksworth Worlingworth written youth
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Էջ 322 - 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.
Էջ 248 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, It is well.
Էջ 258 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Էջ 311 - The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, The majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark! No! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By Him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, And took the sting from death!
Էջ xv - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Էջ 461 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Էջ 255 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Էջ 134 - E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, — Tell them...
Էջ 251 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Էջ 385 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.