 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1028 pagina’s
...thy face ; Then let me hear thec fmiluig fay, Thou, my dear, wcrt born to-day. EPITAPH, extempore. NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior ; The fon of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon or Naflau claim higher ? For my own TOMBITONE. *T"*O me 'twas given... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 322 pagina’s
...Then let me hear thee fmiling fay, Thou, my dear, wert born to-day. EPITAPH. EX -TE *1 f, OR E. OBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior;; The fon of Adam and of Eve, fan Bourbon or Naflau claim higher ? • * Mrs. Anne Durham. JS. 3 *P* UPID,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 pagina’s
...hear thee fmiling fay, Thou, my dear, wert born to-day. * Mrs.. Anne Durham. EPITAPH, EXTEMPORE. OBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Naflau claim higher ? FOR MY OWN "T'O MB STONE. '"PO me 'twas... | |
 | 1795 - 846 pagina’s
...from thy face ; Then let me hear thec fmiling fay, Thou, my dear, wert bom to-day. EPITAPH, EXTEMPORE. NOBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nafl'au claim higher ? FOR MY OWN TOMBSTONE. To me 'twas given... | |
 | Select epigrams - 1797 - 188 pagina’s
...Why do the gods indulge our ftore, But to fecure our refl ? EPITAPH, EXTEMPORE. BY THE SAME. ' ' ., j NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve — Can Bourbon or Naffau go higher ? THE LADY WHO OFFERS HER LOOKING-GLASS... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pagina’s
...wifh'd, nor car'd, nor laugh'd, nor cry'd ; And fo they liv'd, and fo they dy'd. EPITAPH EXTEMPORE. NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve ; Can Stuart or Naflau claim higher. FOR MY OWN TOMBSTONE. TO me 'twas gir'n... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pagina’s
...prefixed to his poems beneath hi» print, " Nobles and commons, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve. Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher!" is said to have been taken from a Scotch epitaph in the church-yard of Dundee. Here lies a man Com'd... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 472 pagina’s
...de ma tête ? » / Il mourut à cinquante-sept ans, et, comme La Fontaine , il fit son épitaphe : Nobles and heralds, by your leave Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, * * Nobles , généalogistes , avec votre permission , ci-gît qui fut autrefois Mathieu Prior, 'The... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 pagina’s
...» II mourut à cinquante-sept ans, et, comme La Fontaine , il fit son épitaphe : • • » . • Nobles and heralds, by your leave Here lies what once was Matthew Prier , * * Nobles , généalogistes , avec votre permission » ci-gît qui fut autrefois Mathieu Prior... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pagina’s
...me hear thee smiling say, " Thou, my dear, wcrt born to dcy." EPITAPH. i. r Ml.,!:,. N. . ,• ; . and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was...The son of Adam and of Eve; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? FOR MY OW* TOMBSTONE. To me 'twas given to die : to thcc 'tis given To live : ala-,... | |
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Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve : Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? " But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke. 
