 Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages, having snatch'd from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due to his merit,...  A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies ... - Page 291by John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1841 - 642 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...father, all a friend can give ! VIII. ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER, IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY, 1723. KNELLER, by Heaven and. not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought; Now for two ages having snatch'd from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 pages
...well as he was, he shall be. Pope. ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER, BART., IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.43 KNELLER, by Heaven, and not a master, taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures, thought ; Now for two ages having snatch'd from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1870 - 644 pages
...generally known, we venture to give it : " Hiec placuit semel et decies repetita placebit " : — "Kneller, by Heaven and not a master taught, Whose art was nature,...and whose pictures thought. When now two ages he had snatched from fate, Whate'er was beauteous and whate'er was great, Rests crown'd with princes' honours,... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1870 - 652 pages
...verses '?' ( Johnson's " Life of Pope.") EPITAPH ON SIB GODFREY KNELLER, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages having snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...verses f (.Johnson's " Life of Pope.") EPITAPH ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages having snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown... | |
 | Richard Stuteley Cobbett - Twickenham (London, England) - 1872 - 458 pages
...GULIELMO III., ANNLE REGIME, GEORGIO I. Qu1 OBIT xxv1. OCT"-, AN. MDCCXXIII., jETAT LXXVII. Kneller, by Heaven and not a Master taught, Whose Art was Nature,...thought ; When now two Ages he had snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was Beauteous, and whate'er was Great Rests crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due... | |
 | Westminster abbey - 1872 - 156 pages
...Godfrey himself. Bust by Rysbrack. Underneath is his epitaph, written by Mr. Pope : — " Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master, taught, Whose art was...whose pictures thought— When now two ages he had snatched from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great — Rests, crowned with princes' honours,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...Dryden's poem on Mrs Killigrew. VIII. ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1723. KNELLER, by Heaven, and not a master, taught, Whose art was Nature, and whose pictures Thought ; Now for two ages having snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 556 pages
...designed his own monument, however: the bast is by Rysbrack, and Pope wrote the epitaph — "Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master, taught, Whose art was...and whose pictures thought—- When now two ages he has snatched from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great — Rests, crowned with princes'... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 538 pages
...designed his own monument, however: the bust is by Rysbrack, and Pope wrote the epitaph — "Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master, taught, Whose art was...and whose pictures thought — When now two ages he has snatched from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great— • Dr. Johnson. Rests, crowned... | |
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