| M. Derozario - Epitaphs - 1815 - 252 pages
...affrrtinnate Wife Mother, Biother, Sister and all vino knew him. Good Christian on me cast an eye, Jst >ou are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must he ; So then prepare to follow me. Sacred to the Memory of JOHN BLYTHIi Tormerlv of the Country... | |
| Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...That on this slender moment hangs Your everlasting state ! VIII. Pray stop a foot, and cast an eye ; ^ As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. IX. Time was, I stood where thou dost now, And view'd the... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1825 - 726 pages
...that remain, now nearly level to the earth. It bore the following inscription : " Readers all, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death Mid follow me." Mr. URBAN, Sept. 1. TH E following topographical remarks... | |
| John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 650 pages
...of Britannia's guardians here lies low." The second is, " Reader, reflect : — though here I lie, As you are now, so once was I : As I am now, so you must be ; Therefore prepare to follow me." These mementos are the honest effusions of a brave and noble... | |
| Anecdotes - 1831 - 256 pages
...church-yard in Hertfordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines:— " Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be; Therefore prepare to follow me." Underneath these lines, some one wrote in blue paint:—... | |
| R. Green - Framlingham (England) - 1834 - 308 pages
...John, son of John and Susanna Thorndick, 21st August, 1827, 15 years. Stay ! gentle reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. * An altar tomb. t This lady was the only daughter of Mr.... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - Germany - 1835 - 310 pages
...one which the most common tomb-stone of our country church-yard preaches to the peasant who reads itV "As I am now, so you will be, Therefore prepare to follow me!" However, fully admitting the truth of the lesson which history and experience thus offer to us —... | |
| William O'Bryan - History - 1836 - 446 pages
...following inscription. Jonas Smith departed this life April 22nd 1822 aged 54. Remember all you tint pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now, so must you be. Prepare for death and follow me. , At night I lodged at Capt. Smith's, Head of the harbour.... | |
| English literature - 1836 - 436 pages
...which the most common tomb-stone of our country church-yard preaches to the peasant who reads it ? " As I am now, so you will be, Therefore prepare to follow me !" However, fully admitting the truth of the lesson which history and experience thus offer to us —... | |
| George Percy Badger - Gozo Island (Malta) - 1838 - 374 pages
...very simply inculcated on one of the tombs, in the following stanza: Stop, traveller, stop, ere you go by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare yourself to follow me. The delapidated tombs, the crumbling urns, and weather-worn... | |
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