 | Joseph Sansom - 1820 - 134 էջ
...thickly strewed with villages and spires, mterspersed with wood and water. * St. Anthony, pray for ng. t To-day for me, to-morrow for you ; or, in other...moralizing tombstones, As I am now, so you must be, At a considerable height on this mountain may be seen, from the streets of Montreal, a large house,... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 638 էջ
...departed this life, December, 1757." " Behold all ye that now pass by," As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. There are also monuments to Captain Samuel Sackett, Deacon Knapp and others. In the south-east corner... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 էջ
...be dropped over such a burial. " Behold anil see as ynn pass by, As you are now so Once was 1 ; Ля I am now so you must be ; Prepare for death and follow me." We think that the transition and contrast between life and death receives no grand solemnity from such... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1857 - 718 էջ
...than any in the language: ' ' REMEMBER friend, as you pass by, As vou are now so once was I : • As 1 am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.' 1 Whether from its antitheses, its striking truthfulness, or its brevity, cannot now be determined,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1918 - 636 էջ
...tomb-stones, a specimen of which is in these words: Behold as you pass by As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. On the tomb-stone of Deborah House, a great name in this Town, was written "She lived desirable, and... | |
 | Henry Reed Stiles - 1859 - 958 էջ
...January ye 19, 1762, in ye 31st Year of his Age. Behold as You Pass by as You are now So Once was I. as I am Now So You Must be Prepare for Death and Follow me In Memory of CHARLES ELLSWORTH Esq who Departed this Life Jan 4, 1776, in ye 47th year of his age While... | |
 | 1861 - 692 էջ
...only give a single specimen : — ' ' Stop traveller, as you pass by ; As you are now, BO once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare for death and follow me." Time passed and a new generation with new ideas, more refined tastes and ample resources appeared.... | |
 | 1921 - 774 էջ
...must rot Read this that I am not forjrot Behold and see as you pass by As you arc now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me The epitaph, so far as the last four lines are concerned, is a common one in New England graveyards... | |
 | Henry Marvin Benedict - 1870 - 622 էջ
...1834. On his tombtone is the following : " Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me." Ch. RACHEL, b. Aug. 25, 1771; d. Oct. 6, 1777. LUCY, b. July 18, 1775; d. Oct- 4. '77717. SAMUEL' (Samuel,*... | |
 | Lyman Coleman - 1872 - 1110 էջ
...Inscription on the tomb of his wife: "Stop passenger ! see where I lie, Аз you now are so once was I, As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and tV'lluw nio." Children, Siith Giittration : 24 i Polly, m Darling; J. at Gill, Mass.. July 27, ISO!.... | |
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Behold and see, as you pass by, As you are now so once was I; As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. 
