A collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, ancient and modern, by W. Graham1823 |
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... command , Her magic pencil in his glowing hand , A Shakspeare rose - then to expand his fame , Wide o'er this breathing world a Garrick came Though sunk in death , the forms the poet drew , The actor's genius bade them breathe anew ...
... command , Her magic pencil in his glowing hand , A Shakspeare rose - then to expand his fame , Wide o'er this breathing world a Garrick came Though sunk in death , the forms the poet drew , The actor's genius bade them breathe anew ...
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... Command , he was mor- tally wounded by a shot from the Moors , then besieging the town , in the 46th year of his age , October 24 , 1680 . Ye sacred reliques , which your marble keep , Here undisturb'd by wars , in quiet sleep ...
... Command , he was mor- tally wounded by a shot from the Moors , then besieging the town , in the 46th year of his age , October 24 , 1680 . Ye sacred reliques , which your marble keep , Here undisturb'd by wars , in quiet sleep ...
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... command of Admiral Vernon , in his Majesty's ship the Prince Frederick , which , with three others , were ordered to cannonade the castle Bocca Chica . One of these being obliged to quit her station , the Prince Frederick was exposed ...
... command of Admiral Vernon , in his Majesty's ship the Prince Frederick , which , with three others , were ordered to cannonade the castle Bocca Chica . One of these being obliged to quit her station , the Prince Frederick was exposed ...
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... command upon deck , both his legs were shot off ; but such was his magnanimity , that he would not suffer his wounds to be dressed till he had communicated his or- ders to the first Lieutenant which were to fight his ship to the last ...
... command upon deck , both his legs were shot off ; but such was his magnanimity , that he would not suffer his wounds to be dressed till he had communicated his or- ders to the first Lieutenant which were to fight his ship to the last ...
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... commands , And passed through the great employments With credit to himself , and honor to his country . He was in private life Humane , temperate , just , and bountiful : In public station Valiant , prudent , wise , and honest ; Easy of ...
... commands , And passed through the great employments With credit to himself , and honor to his country . He was in private life Humane , temperate , just , and bountiful : In public station Valiant , prudent , wise , and honest ; Easy of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
aged ANN OF CLEVE Battle of Trafalgar Beneath this stone blessed blest bliss bloom body born breath buried Captain Carlisle Christ Christian Church Church-yard daugh daughter dead dear death died doth Dumfries dust Earl earth EDWARD EDWARD RIOU epitaph erected eternal eyes faith fame fate father flow'r following Inscription gentle GEORGE grace grave grief happy hath heart Heav'n Heav'nly honor hope humble husband INFANT JAMES JAMES QUIN JOHN MILTON JOSEPH ADDISON King lamented LAMONBY lies life's liv'd live Lord lov'd marble married MARY MEMORY OF JOHN monument mortal mother mourn ne'er North Shields Northallerton o'er October parent parish peace poor praise Reader resign'd rest RICHARD GARTH ROBERT ROBERT MOSSE sacred SAMUEL BARRINGTON shine sigh sincere skies sleep sorrows soul spirit tear tender thee thine THOMAS thro tomb truth virtues virtuous weep wife WILLIAM worms youth
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Página 287 - 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.
Página 3 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end, These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with...
Página 87 - 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.
Página 239 - Lo! 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. In agony, in death resign'd, She felt the Wound she left behind.
Página 260 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Página 205 - Death is the crown of life : Were death denied, poor man would live in vain ; Were death denied, to live would not be life ; Were death denied, even fools would wish to die. Death wounds to cure : we fall ; we rise ; we reign ! Spring from our fetters ; fasten in the skies ; Where blooming Eden withers in our sight : Death gives us more than was in Eden lost. This king of terrors is the prince of peace.
Página 275 - 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.
Página 172 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Página 3 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Página 138 - Our life is but a Winter's day, Some only breakfast and away ; Others to dinner stay and are full fed, The oldest man but sups and goes to bed ; Large is his debt, who lingers out the day, Who goes the soonest has the least to. pay.