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" Blush not, marble, to rescue from oblivion the memory of HENRY JENKINS : a person obscure in birth, but of a life truly memorable ; for he was enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not variety, of his enjoyments... "
Biographical Sketches of Eccentric Characters - Page 372
1832 - 434 pages
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The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of ...

G. H. Wilson - Biography - 1807 - 442 pages
...Smirkson, taken 1605, at Kettering in Yorkshire, where Henry • Jenkins, of Ellerton upon Swale, labourer aged 157 years, was produced and deposed as a witness."...was engraved this inscription : " Blush not marble te rescue from oblivion the memory of Henry Jenkins, a person of obscure birth, but of a life truly...
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The History of the Castle, Town, and Forest of Knaresbrough: With Harrogate ...

Ely Hargrove - Harrogate (England) - 1809 - 448 pages
...in 1743; and, an epitaph composed, by doctor Thomas Chapman, master of Magdalen College, Cambridge : BLUSH NOT, MARBLE, TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION, THE MEMORY OF HENRY JENKINS; A PERSON, OBSCURE IN BIRTH, BUT, Of A LIFE TRULY MEMORABLE; FOR, HE WAS ENRICHED WITH THE GOODS OF NATURE, IF...
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The history of the castle, town, and forest of Knaresborough; with Harrogate ...

Ely Hargrove - Harrogate (England) - 1809 - 454 pages
...in 1743; and, an epitaph composed, by doctor Thomas Chapman, master of Magdalen College, Cambridge : BLUSH NOT, MARBLE, TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION, THE MEMORY OF HENRY JENKINS ; A PERSON, OBSCURE IN BIRTH, BUT, OF A LIFE TRULY MEMORABLE; FOR, HE WAS ENRICHED WITH THE GOODS OF NATURE, IF...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 84, Part 2; Volume 116

Early English newspapers - 1814 - 752 pages
...justice, equity, mercy, or morality, to tell — how such or such a scheme of fraud prevailed — what " Blush not, marble, to rescue from oblivion the memory of Henry Jenkins ; a person obscure in birth, but of a life truly memorable ; for be was enriched with the goods of Nature, if...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...erected at Boiton in Yorkshire, by the Subscription of several Gentlemen, to the Memory of Henry Jenkins. Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The memory of HENRY JENKINS, A person obscure in birth, But uf a life truly memorable : For, He was enriched With the goods of nature, If...
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A collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, ancient and modern, by ...

Collection - 1821 - 336 pages
...warmth of heart, our sorrow* say, <; v ^r.ek JH.V genius in her living lay. II BOLTON, YORKSHIRE. " Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The memory of HENRY JENKINS; A person obscure by birth, But of a life truly memorable : For He was enriched with the goods of nature,. If...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern ...

Epitaphs - 1822 - 382 pages
...her warmth of heart, our sorrows say, Go seek her genius in her living lay, I i BOLTON, YORKSHIRE. Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The memory of HENRY JENKINS; A person obscure by birth, But of a life truly memorable : For He was enriched with the goods of nature, If...
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History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: With Select ..., Volume 2

Edward Baines - London (England) - 1823 - 712 pages
...1743, and the following epiuph, ciimpoicd by Dr. Thomas Chapman, placed upon the Tablet : — " Rlush not marble To rescue from oblivion the memory of HENRY JENKINS, A person obscure in birth, But of a life truly memorable : For he was enriched with the goods of nature If not...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...memory of Henry Jenkins, which you will please to insert, if you think proper, in your MIRROR. TAC Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The memory of HENRY JENKINS, A person obscure in birth, But of a life truly memorable. For He was enriched With the goods of nature, If not...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions: On the Most ...

Silvester Tissington - Epitaphs - 1857 - 560 pages
...church is erected a monument to his memory, with this inscription (written by Dr. Thomas Chapman) : — "Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The Memory of HENRY JENKINS. A person obscure in birth, But of a life truly memorable : For He was enriched With the goods of nature, If...
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