 Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation....  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 2231822Full view - About this book
 | William Harvey - London (England) - 1864 - 412 pages
...any of his ancestors, of whom Horace Walpole preserved, and uerhaps, wrote the following epitaph:— "Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his father, I'd much rather. Had it been his mother, Better than another. Had it been his sister, Nobody would... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 pages
...JOE POPE, Lived without hope, And died by a rope. ON THE DEATH OF FREDERIC, ELDEST SON OF GEORGE II. HERE lies Fred., Who was alive and is dead : Had it...another : Had it been his sister, No one would have miss'd her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation : But since 'tis only Fred.,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1868 - 564 pages
...Gay, the poet. He died, worn out in youth, and the lampooners wrote over him that bitter epitaph : " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been bis father, I had much rather, &c. &c. * » * » Had it been the whole generation, Still better for... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 346 pages
...Arabic, Syriac, and Welsh languages." The satirical world, however, sang in less courtly strain : " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been Ms father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1869 - 632 pages
...died almost immediately. The bitter Jacobite epitaph upon him was only too just: Here lies Fred, \Vho was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I...her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better tor the nation ; But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.... | |
 | Joseph Whitaker - Almanacs, English - 1887 - 816 pages
...forth tho bitter Jacobite epitaph : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and IB dead; Had it l»een hin father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother,...missed her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still letter for the nation ; But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and i« dead, There's no more to be... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1869 - 512 pages
...conveys something very like a justification of the Bishop's preference for their exiled kinsman : — Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead ! Had it...father,* I had much rather. Had it been his brother, f Mnch better than another. Had it been his sister,t No one would have miss'd her. Had it been the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1869 - 630 pages
...feel death !" and died almost immediately. The bitter Jacobite epitaph upon him was only too just: Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather ; Had it been hie brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have misscil her ; Had... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1869 - 500 pages
...justification of the Bishop's preference for their exiled kinsman : — Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and ia dead ! Had it been his father,* I had much rather. Had it been his brother, t Much better than another. Had it been his sister, J No one would have miss'd her. Had it been the... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 pages
...was, — he shall be. OX FREDERICK, WtlXCE OP WALES. HERE lies Fred, Who was alive, and is (lead ; Had it been his father I had much rather. Had it been...Still better than another. Had it been his sister, Nobody would have miss'd her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since... | |
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