 | 1843 - Počet stránok 1278
...as " the fairest ornaments." He finishes this admiThe reader will remember the supposed epitaph, " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." rable discourse with the following eloquent passage : — " It is allowed on all hands, that facts... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - Počet stránok 752
...beauty of symmetry ; for, to its builder, the wellknown lines may, with justice, be applied : •' Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." There is less appearance of desolation in tins town, and more of cultivation in its vicinity, than... | |
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 486
...of Vanbrugh, the architect of Blenheim-house, in allusion to his heavy style of architecture, — " Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." i> Things are light or weighty merely by comparison ; massive and heavy are St. Paul's and St. Peter's,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1846 - Počet stránok 482
...it in too heavy a style ; and this caused the mock epitaph on him to be received with much favour : Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. But many consider the criticism unjust. James the First, ascended the British throne. His mature age,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - Počet stránok 334
...are ridiculed for their ponderous hugeness. The close of Dr. Evans's epitaph upon him is well known : Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. When he was made Clarencieux king-at-arms, Swift said he might now "build houses." The secret of this... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - Počet stránok 334
...are ridiculed for their ponderous hugeness. The close of Dr. Evans's epitaph upon him is well known : Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. * See State Trials, ut supra, 'Egerton's Memoirs of Mrs. Oldfield;' ' Swift's Great and Mean Figures,"... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849 - Počet stránok 462
...Whitehall Mareh 26, 1726. In his character of arehitect, Dr. Evans bestowed on him this epitaph, " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thec." 4 1 One of those singularly-constructed houses is called the Bastile, but Mr. D'Israeli has... | |
 | Georg Kaspar Nagler - 1850 - Počet stránok 614
...noch andere ehrenvolle Stellen. Er starb zu Whitehall 1720. Dr. Evans verfertigte seine Grabschrift: Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on t her! (Lieg' schwer auf ihm, Erde, denn er legte manche schwere Last auf dich. ) Im Vitruvius Brittanicus... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1851 - Počet stránok 608
...distinguished as a dramatist and architect, and Deflecting on his achievements in the latter capacity : — Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. The original of the following not very gallant production is to be found among th« epigrams of Boileau... | |
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Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings. 
