Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? " But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke. Westminster Abbey - Página 285por William John Loftie - 1891 - 319 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1028 páginas
...thy face ; Then let me hear thec fmiluig fay, Thou, my dear, wcrt born to-day. EPITAPH, extempore. NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior ; The fon of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon or Naflau claim higher ? For my own TOMBITONE. *T"*O me 'twas... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1779 - 322 páginas
...Then let me hear thee fmiling fay, Thou, my dear, wert born to-day. EPITAPH. EX -TE *1 f, OR E. OBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior;; The fon of Adam and of Eve, fan Bourbon or Naflau claim higher ? • * Mrs. Anne Durham. JS. 3 *P*... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 326 páginas
...hear thee fmiling fay, Thou, my dear, wert born to-day. * Mrs.. Anne Durham. EPITAPH, EXTEMPORE. OBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Naflau claim higher ? FOR MY OWN "T'O MB STONE. '"PO me... | |
| 1795 - 846 páginas
...from thy face ; Then let me hear thec fmiling fay, Thou, my dear, wert bom to-day. EPITAPH, EXTEMPORE. NOBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nafl'au claim higher ? FOR MY OWN TOMBSTONE. To me 'twas... | |
| Select epigrams - 1797 - 188 páginas
...Why do the gods indulge our ftore, But to fecure our refl ? EPITAPH, EXTEMPORE. BY THE SAME. ' ' ., j NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve — Can Bourbon or Naffau go higher ? THE LADY WHO OFFERS HER LOOKING-GLASS... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 páginas
...wifh'd, nor car'd, nor laugh'd, nor cry'd ; And fo they liv'd, and fo they dy'd. EPITAPH EXTEMPORE. NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve ; Can Stuart or Naflau claim higher. FOR MY OWN TOMBSTONE. TO me 'twas gir'n... | |
| Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 páginas
...poems beneath hi» print, " Nobles and commons, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve. Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher!" is said to have been taken from a Scotch epitaph in the church-yard of Dundee. Here lies a man Com'd... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 472 páginas
...de ma tête ? » / Il mourut à cinquante-sept ans, et, comme La Fontaine , il fit son épitaphe : Nobles and heralds, by your leave Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, * * Nobles , généalogistes , avec votre permission , ci-gît qui fut autrefois Mathieu Prior, 'The... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 páginas
...» II mourut à cinquante-sept ans, et, comme La Fontaine , il fit son épitaphe : • • » . • Nobles and heralds, by your leave Here lies what once was Matthew Prier , * * Nobles , généalogistes , avec votre permission » ci-gît qui fut autrefois Mathieu Prior... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 páginas
...me hear thee smiling say, " Thou, my dear, wcrt born to dcy." EPITAPH. i. r Ml.,!:,. N. . ,• ; . and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? FOR MY OW* TOMBSTONE. To me 'twas... | |
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