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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... with this inscription upon it : - " Sardanapalus built Anchiale and Tarsus in one day . Go , Passenger , eat , drink , and rejoice , for the rest is nothing . " We read in history , that the Athenians , who VI EPITAPHS , ETC.
... with this inscription upon it : - " Sardanapalus built Anchiale and Tarsus in one day . Go , Passenger , eat , drink , and rejoice , for the rest is nothing . " We read in history , that the Athenians , who VI EPITAPHS , ETC.
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... rest behind him . " " An Epitaph , " says Aristotle , " fit for a hog . " 66 After the death of Sardanapalus , a statue was erected to him which represented him in the posture of a dancer , with an inscription upon it , in which he ...
... rest behind him . " " An Epitaph , " says Aristotle , " fit for a hog . " 66 After the death of Sardanapalus , a statue was erected to him which represented him in the posture of a dancer , with an inscription upon it , in which he ...
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... rest of the inscription cannot be made out . News- papers , 1855 . On ALEXANDER THE GREAT : - - - " Sufficit huic tumulus , cui non sufficeret orbis . " The CHARLEMAGNE died A.D. 814 , in his 74th year , 3 SOVEREIGNS , ETC.
... rest of the inscription cannot be made out . News- papers , 1855 . On ALEXANDER THE GREAT : - - - " Sufficit huic tumulus , cui non sufficeret orbis . " The CHARLEMAGNE died A.D. 814 , in his 74th year , 3 SOVEREIGNS , ETC.
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... rest upon a lion . On July 17th , 1797 , the tomb of king John was opened , and the state of the king's relics showed that they had been disturbed , and seemed to favour the conjecture of their having been translated from the lady ...
... rest upon a lion . On July 17th , 1797 , the tomb of king John was opened , and the state of the king's relics showed that they had been disturbed , and seemed to favour the conjecture of their having been translated from the lady ...
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... rest of the company were at their prayers , she is said to have com- posed her epitaph in the following words : — " Cy - git Margot , la gente demoiselle , Deux fois mariée et morte pucelle . " She arrived in safety , but on the 4th of ...
... rest of the company were at their prayers , she is said to have com- posed her epitaph in the following words : — " Cy - git Margot , la gente demoiselle , Deux fois mariée et morte pucelle . " She arrived in safety , but on the 4th of ...
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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.