...Matthew Prior had some shrewd notions of heraldry. He wrote his own epitaph — Heralds and nobles, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Ere ; Let Bourbon and Nassau go higher. No. XVII. MY attention has been called, by a young disciple...

...aetions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in lho silent dust. SELF-WRITTEN. MATTHEW PRIOR'S. Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of...Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve : — Let Bourbon or Nassan go higher ! It is said (and the statement appears highly probable) that Prior borrowed his lines...

...survive? Thus I — when Phoebus quick replied, ' Go, ask if Prior's still alive.' PRIOR'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF. NOBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here...Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Let Bourbon or Nastau go higher. ON THE WORDS ' ONE PRIOR,' IN THE SECOND VOLUME OP BISHOP SUBNET'S HISTORY. ONE Prior...

...the just Siucll swoet, and blossom in the silent dust. SELF-WRITTEN. MATTHEW PRIOR'S. • Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of...and of Eve : — Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher! It is said (and the statement appears highly probable) that Prior borrowed his lines from the following...

...when that lady had been speaking in rather too boastful terms of her own aristocratic lineage, — " Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve. — Can Bourbon or Nassau rank higher?" Nevertheless she was determined not to let the favourable opinion...

...in the silent dust. SELF-WRITTEN. MATTHEW PRIOR'S. 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 ! It is said (and the statement appears highly probable) that Prior borrowed his lines from the following...

...matter of ancestry I have ever been of the opinion expressed by Matthew Prior: — Heralds and nobles, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve; Let Bourbon and Nassau go higher. The poor boy who replied to the inquiries of the police judge, that he never...

...said to be done by himself, was to be put upon it, viz. Nobles and Poets, by your Leave, 10 Here lye the Bones of Matthew Prior, The Son of ADAM and of EVE : Let Bourbon or Nassaw go higher. Among his Poems we find the following Epitaph, with this Title to it, For my own...

...voluntarily become involuntary, and say once for all — Be there no further dubitation on it! PEDIGREE. NOBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior; He was the son of Adam and Eve — Let Nassau or Bourbon go higher. No Prince, how great soever, begets...

...voluntarily become involuntary, and say once for all — Be there no further dubitation on it ! PEDIGREE. NOBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior ; He was the son of Adam and Eve — Let Nassau or Bourbon go higher. No Prince, how great soever,...