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Admiral Affection alſo ANNE Anno Baron Bath beloved Body born buried Cathedral Chriſtian Church Commander cou'd Country Daughter dead dear Death departed died Duke Earl Earth EDWARD ELIZABETH England equal erected Eſq Example excellent Eyes fair faithful Fame Family Fate Father firſt France Friend gave George Glory Grace Grave Grief happy hath Heart Heav'n Heir HENRY himſelf Honour Hope Humanity interred JAMES John kind King King CHARLES knew Knight Lady lamented laſt late Learning lies lieth lived London Lord Love Majeſty Marble married Mary Memory Mind moft Monument moſt Name Nature never noble Order Peace Perſon Piety pious Poor Prince Queen Remains RICHARD Right ROBERT Sacred ſame Second ſhall ſhe Sir John Soul Stone ſuch Tear thee theſe THOMAS thoſe thou Three Tomb true Virtue Weſtminſter-Abbey whoſe Wife WILLIAM World worthy Youth
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Página 134 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 78 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Página 125 - Just to his prince, and to his country true, Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
Página 13 - But only to refresh the former hint, And read her Maker in a fairer print: So pious, as...
Página 173 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong...
Página 155 - ... the partial world despised and disregarded his low and humble state, the equal eye of Providence beheld, and blessed it with a patriarch's health and length of days ; to teach mistaken man, these blessings were entailed on temperance, or, a life of labour and a mind at ease.
Página 135 - And fraught with graces all his own: In various kinds of poetry Superior to many, Inferior to none, His works continue to...
Página 53 - WEEP with me, all you that read This little story; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As Heaven and Nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Página 136 - Yet softer Honours, and less noisy Fame Attend the shade of gentle BUCKINGHAM: In whom a Race, for Courage fam'd and Art, Ends in the milder Merit of the Heart; And Chiefs or Sages long to Britain giv'n, Pays the last Tribute of a Saint to Heav'n.
Página 138 - His Prince's nearest joy and grief, He had, yet wanted all relief; The prop and ruin of the state; The people's violent love and hate; «° One in extremes loved and abhorred. Riddles lie here, or in a word — Here lies blood; and let it lie Speechless still and never cry.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Select epitaphs, collected by W. Toldervy. 2 vols. [in 1]. |
| Autores | Select epitaphs, William Toldervy |
| Editor | William Toldervy |
| Editor | W. Owen, 1755 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 19 Sep. 2006 |
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