 Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation....  Spirit of the English Magazines - Página 2231822Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1882 - 320 páginas
...family. One of the verses set afloat at the time took the form of an epitaph, and ran as follows : — ' Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father, We had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1882 - 318 páginas
...family. One of the verses set afloat at the time took the form of an epitaph, and ran as follows : — ' Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father, We had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No... | |
 | Barbara Clay Finch - 1883 - 360 páginas
...defunct Prince in their well-known epitaph on him, which, though often quoted, is here subjoined :— Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead! Had it...been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his mother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been... | |
 | Ward Marcus and co, ltd - 1883 - 264 páginas
...Brunswick at that time are well expressed in the lines which some one suggested as his epitaph — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his father, We had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 páginas
...very bad company." Not more flattering was the Jacobite epitaph on the prince and his house : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ! Had it...better than another. Had it been his sister, No one could have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation ; But since 'tis... | |
 | England - 1884 - 268 páginas
...Brunswick at that time are well expressed in the lines which some one suggested as his epitaph — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his father, We had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 páginas
...stones to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — L 21 " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his lather, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister,... | |
 | Charles Bradlaugh - 1887 - 328 páginas
...merely said: "Freddy is dead." On this subject Thackeray preserves for us the following epitaph : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, Had it...it been his brother, Still better than another. Had been his sister, No one would have miased her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the... | |
 | Edward King - 1888 - 886 páginas
...From Photograph by W. ¿L D. Downing, Ebliry street, London. " Here lies Fred, who was alive nnd now is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather, Had it been his brother, sooner than any other, Had it been his sister, there is no one who would have missed her, Had it been... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1904 - 376 páginas
...suppose expressed pretty justly popular indifference respecting him and others of his family : — Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it...been his father I had much rather ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. But since 'tis only Fred Who was alive and is dead, There's no... | |
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