 In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.  The American Whig Review - Pagina 311851Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 pagina’s
...confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow ; the tender, careful mother of many children, ONE of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her. She died March 11, 1753, aged sixty-seven." No testimony of the interment of Gray in the same tomb... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 pagina’s
...piety and sorrow; BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE Tl> SURVIVE HER. AGED LXXI1. It is usually supposed that the " Ode on the Progress of Poesy'' was written... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1849 - 122 pagina’s
...author of the Elegy. * BESIDE HEB FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. NOTE 11. PAGE 18. Afcthinks 1 see that sainted sister nmc, Whoever has visited the Parisian hospitals,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1849 - 108 pagina’s
...author of the Elegy. BESII>E HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. NOTE 11. PAGE 18. Methinks 1 see that sainted sister now, Whoever has visited the Parisian hospitals,... | |
 | 1881 - 792 pagina’s
...placed the following epitaph. Beride her Friend & Sister Here sleep the Remains of DOROTHY GBAT, Widow ; the careful tender Mother Of Many Children ; one of whom alone Had the Misfortune to survive her. She died March XI, MDCCLIII Aged LXXII. A certain writer says " that Gray seldom mentioned his mother... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1850 - 324 pagina’s
...CONFIDENCE BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL AND TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. SHE DIED MARCH 11, 1753, AGED 67 YEARS. The Poet's name is not upon the tomb, but he also lies with... | |
 | 1862 - 1406 pagina’s
...his mother, at Stoke Pogeis. The following is his epitaph on his mother : — " Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to twrnvoe her." T/> '/IT* THE ROSE. [FHOH THV OEBMAV.] a pity ."said little Sophy to her elder sister,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 632 pagina’s
...attacks the female sex. The epitaph which the poet caused to be engraved upon her monument describes her as ' the careful, tender mother of many children,...of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her'; but the strongest proof of his affection is the celebrated passage in the letter to Mr. Nicholls, which,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 582 pagina’s
...In the same pions confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remaius of Dorothy Gray, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her. She died March llth, 1753, aged 67." The poet himself was of course the surviving child, who, as the... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pagina’s
...affection and sorrow : BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF Sorotjj (Stag, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL, TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. In December, 1754, Gray completed his ode on " The Progress of Poetry." It was commenced two or three... | |
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