...improve your thought, You must be fed as well as taught." Here is his own epitaph by himself:— " 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?" MATTHEW PRIOR . 533 In his version of...

...dignity of ambassador.' He had been thinking of slights of this sort when he wrote his Epitaph : — 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...

...Prior. It was from his own pen, and cost him £500 ; he had years before composed a far better one — " 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?" ' ' 1 His brother Robert was Head Master...

...penitence been bought, Nor had frail Adam fall'n, nor Milton wrote. * 6 Mock Epitaph on Himself. (M) 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 ? 7 Phillies Age. How old may Phillis be,...

...to Dryden. One of Prior's best epigrams is the following, said to have been made extempore : — " 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?" This spirited and harmonious verse is...

...wished, nor cared, nor laughed, nor cried : And so they lived, and so they died. EPITAPH EXTEMPORE. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Stuart or Nassau claim higher ? JOSEPH ADDISON: 1672-1719. Addison, the...

...Prior. It was from his own pen, and cost him ^500 ; he had years before composed a far better one — " Nobles and heralds, by your leave Here lies — what once was Matthew Prior ; The «on of Adam and of Eve : Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ) " 2 His brother Robert was Head Master...

...penitence been bought, Nor had frail Adam fall'n, nor Milton wrote. 6 Mock Epitaph on Himself. (3«) 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 ? 7 Phillps Age. How old may Phillis be,...

...is bless'd, who ne'er was born. Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Boole in. Lines 240, 241. Noblea and heralds by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; * " The Royal Mischief," a Tragedy, was written by Mrs. Manley, authoress of "The Lost Lover," and other plays,...

...there was a kind of " set " among various people against family pretensions. Prior* had said, — " Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior : The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher ?" And against aristocracy, viewed as a modern...