 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, unenvied, by the...  The Cambrian traveller's guide, and pocket companion [by G. Nicholson]. - Page 548by George Nicholson - 1840 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...Eliot, M. Collins,' placed this. Pope's Epitaph is engraved upon the pedestal below. Statesman! yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, In action faithful,...clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend : Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...mix his own ! Pope, •vol. in. 23 EPITAPH ON JAMES CRAGGS, ESQ. IB WESTMINSTER-ABBET. 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,... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - London (England) - 1826 - 556 pages
...Epitaph is engraved upon, the pedestal below. Statesman 1 yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, lu action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend : Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept, and... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American essays - 1830 - 580 pages
...by the politicians of every age, and can never be repeated without advantage ; — " Statesman yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful,...! Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend , Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept, and... | |
 | Westminster Abbey - London (England) - 1827 - 218 pages
...1720, aged 35. Upon the base of the monument is this epitaph, written by Mr. Pope : — Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private ewrf, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend. Ennobled by himself, by all apprav'd,... | |
 | George Canning - 1828 - 516 pages
...attachments of a fond relation. His country deplored the lews of 4 Patriot and a— "Statesman—yet friend to truth, of soul sincere; ; In action faithful, and in honour clear ; » / ... Who broke no promise—served no private end, , , Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend, Ennobled by himself."—... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1828 - 234 pages
...ET INVIDIA MAJOR ANNOS, HEU PAUC03, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. M.DCC.XX. STATESMAN, yet friend to truth I of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear! Who broke no promise, scrv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend; Ennobled by himself, by all aj>prov'd,_... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...DELICLE. VIXIT, TITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR, ANNOS, HEU PAUCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX. STATESMAN, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clerf! Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 260 pages
...erect his head, And round the orb in lasting notes be read : " Statesman, yet friend to truth ! in 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... | |
 | George Canning - Great Britain - 1836 - 508 pages
...attachments of a fond relation. His country deplored the loss of a Patriot and a — "Statesman — yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, In action faithful,...promise — served no private end, Who gain'd no title, arid who lost no friend, Ennobled by himself." — He has now passed from this earthly scene, and is... | |
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