| Steam boat companion - 1824 - Počet stránok 228
...towers, where'one had been sufficient, was a proof of his folly and extravagant redundancy. HIS EPITAPH. Lie heavy on him Earth, for He, Laid many a heavy load on thee. We are now opposite another very heavy mass of building, apparently situated in a sickly swamp, and... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - Počet stránok 232
...other is an epitaph for Sir John Vanbrugh, noticed by Walpole for his " inclination to ponderosity :" Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on time ! of this month, & now I find you are got safe to Chiswick, I may perhaps be more frequent & more... | |
| 1826 - Počet stránok 408
...Hia profession, as an architect, is whimsically alluded to in the following epitaph on his death:— Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee I" D STAGE DIRECTIONS. The Conductors of this work print no Plays but those which they have seen acted.... | |
| 1827 - Počet stránok 356
...Vanbrugh, has been traced to a modern Latin poem by Pierre Juste Sautel, entitled, " Culicis Exequiae :" Lie heavy on him, earth ! for he Laid many a heavy load on thee, , Fcrlur apis trémulo dixisse loquacula bombo, Huic sis, terra, levis; nam fuit iste tibi. Sautel,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1828 - Počet stránok 838
...merit in his day; but remarkable more for the ponderosity than the elegance of his structures — " Lay heavy on him, Earth ; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." Neither would he take up the time of the House in eulogising that establishment, whose loyalty, and... | |
| Scotch haggis - 1829 - Počet stránok 436
...be't — now try't yourseT Drink, " reel an' stagger doun to Hell." EPITAPH ON A VERY CORPULENT MAN. Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. Honour. The son of a chieftain of the Macgregore, residing on is freehold at Glenorchy, went, in the... | |
| Benjamin Thomas H. Cole - 1829 - Počet stránok 296
...quitted. This notion is happily alluded to, in an epitaph designed for an illustrious architect : ' Lie heavy on him, earth ; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee.' " " It is still early, Sir," said one of the youths, as Mr. Warner paused ; " and the mourning for... | |
| William Pulleyn - 1829 - Počet stránok 302
...?— What was he ? What's that to you ? ON SIR JOHN VANBURGH, THE FAMOUS ARCHITECT AND BUILDER. Lay heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy Load on thee ! IN SAINT SAVIOUR'S SOUTH W ARK, Is the following, under the Grocer*' Arnu: Garret, some cal'd him,... | |
| C. St. George - 1830 - Počet stránok 600
...following lines for his epitaph, in allusion ohn's preference of grandeur to elegance in his style >?•• Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. the English were also victorious. Sir George Rook, urn from conveying the archduke Charles to Lisbon,... | |
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