 | Curious epitaphs - 1883 - 208 Seiten
...carried his can to his mouth well; He carried so much, and he carried so fast He could carry no more—so was carried at last; For the liquor he drank, being too much for one, He could not carry off—so he's now carri-on. On Hobson, the famous University carrier, the following lines were written... | |
 | Richard Valpy French - 1884 - 442 Seiten
...of Southwell : A carrier who carried his can to his mouth well ; He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more, so was carried at...one, He could not carry off, so he's now carrion. Charles Churchill, the author of the Eosciad, was a sad drunkard. The caricature drawn of him by Hogarth... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 734 Seiten
...carrier who carried his can to his mouth well ; He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could cany no more — so was carried at last; For the liquor he drank, being too much for one, He could not cany off — so he "s now carrion. EPIGRAMS OF BARHAM. ON THE WINDOWS OF KING'S COLLEGE REMAINING BOARDED.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 252 Seiten
...carriedhis can to his mouth well; He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more—so was carried at last; For, the liquor he drank, being too much for one, He could not carry off,—so he's now carri-on. September, 1807. TO MY SON. 7 THOSE flaxen locks, those eyes of blue,... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1888 - 578 Seiten
...and he carried so fast, He could carry no more — so was carried at last ; For the liquor he drunk, being too much for one, He could not carry off, — so he's now cow-on. Sept. 1807. In Westminster Abbey, on a celebrated composer of music : — Here lies Henry Purcell,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 Seiten
...well : He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more— so was carried at la I ; ce, and revel are forgot, Dr left untended in a dull repose, This, this, shall be a consecrated sp THE ADIEU. WRITTEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THK AUTHOR WOULD SOON DIE. ADIEU, thou Hill ! where early... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1896 - 262 Seiten
...parish Southwell, A carrier who carried his can to his mouth well ; He carried so much, and he carried 'so fast, He could carry no more, so was carried at last ; For the liquor he drunk being too much for one, He could not carry off, so he's now earn-on" Why could not these people... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1896 - 268 Seiten
...much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more, so was carried at last; For the liquor he drunk being too much for one, He could not carry off, so he's now carri-onT Why could not these people poke their fun somewhere else ? A man's wit must be nearly dead... | |
 | 1900 - 594 Seiten
...his month well; He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more, Bo was carried nt last; For the liquor he drank, being too much for one, He could not carry off, so he's now carrl-on. Sometimes a pun or play on the deceased's name is introduced, such as in the epitaph on John... | |
 | William Andrews - 1899 - 284 Seiten
...of Southwell, A carrier who carried his can to his mouth well ; He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more — so was carried...one, He could not carry off — so he's now carri-on. On Hobson, the famous University carrier, the following lines were written : — Here lies old HOBSON... | |
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DRUNKENNESS. JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell, A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well ; He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more — so was carried at last ; For, the liquor he drank, being too much for... 
