A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes of distinguished and estraordinary persons |
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... pleas'd , Sent his own lightning , and the victims seiz'd . Think not , by rig'rous judgment seiz'd , A pair so faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd , And snatch'd them in celestial fire . Live well and fear ...
... pleas'd , Sent his own lightning , and the victims seiz'd . Think not , by rig'rous judgment seiz'd , A pair so faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd , And snatch'd them in celestial fire . Live well and fear ...
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... pleas'd he could whistle them back . Of praise a mere glutton , he swallowed what came , And the puff of a dunce , he mistook it for fame ; ' Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest , was surest to ...
... pleas'd he could whistle them back . Of praise a mere glutton , he swallowed what came , And the puff of a dunce , he mistook it for fame ; ' Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest , was surest to ...
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... pleas'd three men and never vex'd one : This she can't say beneath the next stone . On a Parson of a Country Parish . Come , let us rejoice , merry boys , at his fall , For ' egad , had he liv'd , he'd have buried us all , } At Bath ...
... pleas'd three men and never vex'd one : This she can't say beneath the next stone . On a Parson of a Country Parish . Come , let us rejoice , merry boys , at his fall , For ' egad , had he liv'd , he'd have buried us all , } At Bath ...
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... Pleas'd to behold . affections like his own With filial duty raise this votive stone ! ON JOHN FLINT . Beneath this stone lies John Flint , If he gets up the devil's in't . In Halesowen Church - Yard . ON MISS ANNE POWEL 141.
... Pleas'd to behold . affections like his own With filial duty raise this votive stone ! ON JOHN FLINT . Beneath this stone lies John Flint , If he gets up the devil's in't . In Halesowen Church - Yard . ON MISS ANNE POWEL 141.
Page 143
... er courted pleasure , Her book and her pen had her moments of leisure ; Pleas'd with life , fond of health , yet fearless of death , Believing she lost not her soul with her breath . St. Giles , Cripplegate . ( A translation ) JOHN 143.
... er courted pleasure , Her book and her pen had her moments of leisure ; Pleas'd with life , fond of health , yet fearless of death , Believing she lost not her soul with her breath . St. Giles , Cripplegate . ( A translation ) JOHN 143.
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Page 148 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 188 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 76 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Page 76 - Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.
Page 222 - JLjO ! 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.
Page 189 - Here rests a woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with sober sense ; No conquest she, but o'er herself desir'd ; No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd.
Page 183 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Page 179 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 210 - Parcae thought him one, He played so truly. So by error to his fate They all consented; But viewing him since (alas, too late) They have repented. And have sought (to give new birth) In baths to steep him; But, being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him.
Page 75 - As an actor, confest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.