The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, Volumen2John Williams, 1826 |
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... died in the year 1779 , At the age of 63 . To paint fair Nature by Divine command , Her magic pencil in his glowing hand , A Shakspeare rose - then , to expand his fame Wide o'er this ' breathing world , ' a Garrick came . Though sunk ...
... died in the year 1779 , At the age of 63 . To paint fair Nature by Divine command , Her magic pencil in his glowing hand , A Shakspeare rose - then , to expand his fame Wide o'er this ' breathing world , ' a Garrick came . Though sunk ...
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... died breathing eternal life in Christ , on the kalends of July , 1614 , aged 55 , and lies buried here , superior to envy . To a man the most excellent , and most worthy of immortality , Thomas Morton , Bishop of Durham , desired to ...
... died breathing eternal life in Christ , on the kalends of July , 1614 , aged 55 , and lies buried here , superior to envy . To a man the most excellent , and most worthy of immortality , Thomas Morton , Bishop of Durham , desired to ...
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... with kings thy dust , But that the worthy and the good shall say , Striking their pensive bosoms - Here lies Gay ! He died December the 4th , 1732 , aged 45 . John Gay was born at Exeter during the year 1688 511 JOHN GAY. ...
... with kings thy dust , But that the worthy and the good shall say , Striking their pensive bosoms - Here lies Gay ! He died December the 4th , 1732 , aged 45 . John Gay was born at Exeter during the year 1688 511 JOHN GAY. ...
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... died , the House of Hanover succeeded to the throne ; and , as Gay had chosen his friends from among the dependants of the Stuarts , there appeared at first no prospect of success for his ambition under the new or- der of things . Poets ...
... died , the House of Hanover succeeded to the throne ; and , as Gay had chosen his friends from among the dependants of the Stuarts , there appeared at first no prospect of success for his ambition under the new or- der of things . Poets ...
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... died at Queensbury House , in Burlington Gardens , at the age of 45 . His funeral was most honourably attended . A short time previous to his demise , he produced ' Acis and Galatea , ' a sonata , which was set to music by Handel , and ...
... died at Queensbury House , in Burlington Gardens , at the age of 45 . His funeral was most honourably attended . A short time previous to his demise , he produced ' Acis and Galatea , ' a sonata , which was set to music by Handel , and ...
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Página 667 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Página 545 - No more the Grecian muse unrivall'd reigns, To Britain let the nations homage pay : She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray.
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Página 511 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end ; These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay...