 | 1824 - 486 Seiten
...high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God." EPITAPH ON MATTHEW PRIOR, THE POET, WRITTEN DY HIMSELF. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie...of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Let Beurbon or Nassau go higher. • William M.IiOII, Koideuiiaiy uf York Cailn-ihal, Prebendary of Diiflicld,... | |
 | Egbert Benson - 1825 - 144 Seiten
...himself, in the reign of William the third : "Nobles and Heralds by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Eve, Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher." FTJJIS. CORRECTIONS. Page 27, line I, the wanting between in and Dutch. 31, 20, Antonio to be Antonio.... | |
 | Egbert Benson - 1825 - 140 Seiten
...himself, in the i-eign of William the third : " Nobles and Heralds by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior : The son of Adam and of Eve, Let Bourbon or Nassau jo higher." FINIS. 127 CORRECTIONS. I'age 27, line 1, the wanting between in and Dutcb. 31, 30, Antonio... | |
 | Alexander Wilson (Novelist.) - 1825 - 490 Seiten
...am at last compelled to leave a blank for the intermediate descents, and to say, consolingly— " A son of Adam and of Eve— " Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher!" My father was always distinguished as a quiet harmless man, who, in the current phrase of the world,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 Seiten
...Nature, 'midst the frenzy of her love, Reveal'd to Newton all her works above. ON MATTHEW PRIOR. Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of...Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Eve ; — Let Nassau or Bourbon go higher ! ON A BAKER. Here Pistor rests, who liv'd full forty years, And, to all... | |
 | 1844 - 671 Seiten
...ninety-four !" The well-known inscription on the grave-stone of Matthew Prior, runs runs : — " Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of...Adam and of Eve ; — Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher !" Of the numerous touching inscriptions to the memory of the early dead, let the following suffice... | |
 | 586 Seiten
...we have a mock-serious one in verse. The latter has been often quoted, but it will bear repetition : Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior: The son of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher? In the same spirit, but superior in tone and quality, is the following,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 Seiten
...terseness and laconic propriety. Prior's, in the same style, appears to us of a higher quality : — " uctions are little familiar to the generality of readers. Chapelain We do not immediately recollect where the next is to be found : — 190 191 " The bitter cap which... | |
 | University magazine - 1852 - 790 Seiten
...terseness and laconic propriety. Prior's, in the same style, appears to us of a higher quality : — " Nobles and Heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones...Prior ! The son of Adam and of Eve ; Let Bourbon or Kassau go higher." We do not immediately recollect where the next is to be found : — " The bitter... | |
 | 1852 - 1236 Seiten
...propriety. Prior's, in the same style, appears to us of a higher quality : — " Nobles and Herald?, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior...Adam and of Eve ; Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher." We do not immediately recollect where the next is to be found : — " The bitter cup which Death fcnt... | |
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Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve:— Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher... 
