 Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation....  The Gentleman's Magazine - Pagina 4711907Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 680 pagina’s
...!" and died almost immediately. The bitter Jacobite epitaph upon him was only too just : Here lie« Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. t Some traditions of Fred still linger about Epsom. An obelisk (the flint of which went to face St.... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pagina’s
...speak,and move, That thus has set my sotil on fire. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF FREDERICK, PRINCE OB WALES. Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it...alive and is dead, — There's no more to be said. Many of the anecdotes scattered over the epitome of Parliamentary debates, and the history of political... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pagina’s
...time, This rose in her prime Shall rise up again by God's grace. ON FREDERIC, LATE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it...alive and is dead, — There's no more to be said. IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CHURCH, Upon a rudely-sculptured monumeot, near the tomb of Shaktpeare. Hie... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 pagina’s
...Fred, Who was alive as is dead ; Had it been his father, 1 had much rather ; Had it been his broiher, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister,...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said. Georgeon Era. ,. -Adelphi-Ривг««- before Seven.— Surrey-Sadler's Welb-J/aí/pwí Stx. Cobwg-^erífr... | |
 | 1832 - 616 pagina’s
...after his decease, the following proposed epitaph for his monument was anonymously circulated: — Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, 1 hnd much rather : Had it been hiï brother, Still better than another ; Had it been hie sister, No... | |
 | 1832 - 592 pagina’s
...Had it been Ilia brother. Still belter than another ; Had it been hu aiater, No one would have misled her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation ; Bot lince -tía only Fred, Who «ai оНте, and it dead, There't no more to be aaid. The violent... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 266 pagina’s
...March, 1751. Soon after his decease, the following anonymous lines were proposed for his epitaph : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it...another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have miss'd her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation ; But since 'tis only Fred,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1857 - 672 pagina’s
...the Second, and is pretty impartial on the whole in its estimate of the royal family one and all : Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead : Had it...alive and is dead — There's no more to be said. Terse and expressive, this elegy, without respect of persons. Racy enough, whatever its offences against... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pagina’s
...almost immediately. The bitter Jacobite epitaph upon him was only too just : Here lies Fred, V, h« was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. Some traditions of Fred still linger about Epsom. An obelisk (the flint of which went to face St. Martin's... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 618 pagina’s
...indulged in frequent unfeeling and scurrilous personalities on every branch of the reigning family : Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead : Had it...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead — There is no more to be said." — E. well ! " — he replied, " I feel something here, just as... | |
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