Chronicles of the Tombs: A Select Collection of Epitaphs, Preceded by an Essay on Epitaphs and Other Monumental Inscriptions, with Incidental Observations on Sepulchral AntiquitiesG. Bell, 1888 - 529 pages |
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... virtues . In this et seq . ) , and I believe are nowhere else to be seen . the Society of Antiquaries failed to produce any result . The proposition to 1 Sir Thomas Browne ( Hydriotaphia , cap . 3 , vol . iii . p . 474 , Wilkin's edi ...
... virtues . In this et seq . ) , and I believe are nowhere else to be seen . the Society of Antiquaries failed to produce any result . The proposition to 1 Sir Thomas Browne ( Hydriotaphia , cap . 3 , vol . iii . p . 474 , Wilkin's edi ...
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... Virtue's sovereign aid , Are borne from Hades to the upper air . - Merivale . By the same ( 19 ) : — ON THE MEN OF TEGEA . ' Twas by their valour that to heav'n ascended No curling smoke from Tegea's ravaged field ; Who chose so as the ...
... Virtue's sovereign aid , Are borne from Hades to the upper air . - Merivale . By the same ( 19 ) : — ON THE MEN OF TEGEA . ' Twas by their valour that to heav'n ascended No curling smoke from Tegea's ravaged field ; Who chose so as the ...
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... virtues are assuredly as much entitled to this homage as public ones ; and the titles of a good parent , a good friend , a good citizen , richly merit to be engraven on brass or in marble . The tomb of a good man may , in some degree ...
... virtues are assuredly as much entitled to this homage as public ones ; and the titles of a good parent , a good friend , a good citizen , richly merit to be engraven on brass or in marble . The tomb of a good man may , in some degree ...
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... virtues or eminent qualifica- tions of the past age , and secondly , the filial piety or friendly gratitude of the present . In carrying out these objects , however , truth has often been sacrificed , and too frequently deserved have ...
... virtues or eminent qualifica- tions of the past age , and secondly , the filial piety or friendly gratitude of the present . In carrying out these objects , however , truth has often been sacrificed , and too frequently deserved have ...
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... virtues and glorious actions of the deceased , and hold them up for our imitation ; and they may also narrate the descent of the individual , and may mourn his loss . A moral or admonitory precept , too , may be added , and in this ...
... virtues and glorious actions of the deceased , and hold them up for our imitation ; and they may also narrate the descent of the individual , and may mourn his loss . A moral or admonitory precept , too , may be added , and in this ...
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