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. Select epigrams - Página 19por Select epigrams - 1797Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| English epigrams - 1878 - 458 páginas
...For if it lies, as people tell, How can it then be truth ? Anon. DCXXXVII. AN EPITAPH FOR 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 (1664-1721). [This, says... | |
| Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 páginas
...Alas ! no eyebrows for to-morrow." He wrote the following impromptu epitaph on himself — Pope. 11 " 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." But he does not often descend to so much... | |
| Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 páginas
...Alas ! no eyebrows for to-morrow." He wrote the following impromptu epitaph on himself — Pope. 11 " 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." But he does not often descend to so much... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...giv'st him a smile or a tear, He cares not— yet, prithee, be kind to his fame. 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 Nassan claim higher ? An Epitaph. Interred beneath this marble... | |
| John McGovern - 1880 - 762 páginas
...my Friend, Do not forsake me in my end. MATTHEW PRIOR wrote the following lines for his own epitaph: 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? HENRY CAREY, the author of the anthem "... | |
| William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 páginas
...Full fourteen hours in four-and-twenty. Lastly, take the famous epitaph which he wrote for 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 ? Of Prior's longer pieces we cannot... | |
| Evan Daniel - 1881 - 420 páginas
...thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country, —Bible. f. The Kembles were remarkable actors. g. 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 ? — Prior. b. I think there be six Kichmonds... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 páginas
...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 ? " and his wife, in Long Acre. Those... | |
| Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 páginas
...Prior's verse posterity shall quote, When 'tis forgot one Burnet ever wrote. DoDSLEY. HIS OWN 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 ? From SOLOMON. Book II. Abra was ready... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 páginas
...pir'et him a smile or a tear, fie cares not— yet* prithee, be kind to his fame. JSpitaph Extempore. Nobles and heralds, by your leave. Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The eon of Adam aud of Eve ; Can Stuart or Nu&aau claim higher T An Epitaph. Interred beneath this marble... | |
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