 Some of them were covered with such extravagant epitaphs, that if it were possible for the dead person to be acquainted with them, he would blush at the praises which his friends have bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they...  Little Classics - Page 200edited by - 1874Full view - About this book
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 | 1789 - 508 pages
...deliver the character of the perfon departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are not underftood once in a twelve-month. In the poetical quarter, I...no monuments, and monuments which had no poets, I obferved obferved indeed that the prefent war had filled the church with many of thefe uninhabited... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are...had no poets. I observed indeed that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are...poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no mor. numents, and monuments which had no poets. I observed indeed that the present war had filled the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 416 pages
...bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth, lu the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...excessively modes, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hehrew, and hy that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I foand there were poets who had no monuments, ami monuments which had no poets. I ohserved indeed that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 412 pages
...are. others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in (¡reck or Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once...quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, ami monuments which had no poets. I observed^ indeed, that the present war had filled the church with... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are...no poets. I observed, indeed, that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are...had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets. 1 observed, indeed, that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew ; and by that means, are...no poets. I observed, indeed, that the present war had filled the church with many of those uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory... | |
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