 | 1861 - Počet stránok 816
...a long anticipation) that weu-known comic epitaph, writ for a preceding architectural knight — " Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee" — to the shoulders of the designers of Oxford and Dublin Museums, and other elegancies, we shall... | |
 | 1862 - Počet stránok 460
...rector. Sir John Vanbrugh, the play-writer, and architect of Blenheim (the subject of the epigram " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. ") was interred in the family vault under this church. ST. STEPHEN'S, Westminster, stands in Rochester... | |
 | Dutton, Allen and co - 1863 - Počet stránok 704
...character, which gave occasion to tiiojeu-d'etprit, composed as an epitaph for the architect — " Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." The Duke did not live to see the completion of his palatial residence, but it was finished by the Duchess,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - Počet stránok 880
...beautiful church of St Stephen's, Waibrook, Dr Evans, alluding to Vanbrugh's massive style, wrote : • Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee.' A ZEALOUS FKIEND OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. On the 26th of March 1630, being Midlent Sunday, a remarkable... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - Počet stránok 874
...William Evans, produced the well known couplet, forming the concluding lines to an epitaph on Vanbrugh : Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. But according to Sir Joshua Reynolds, his designs have great poetic beauty as well as invention. His... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1863 - Počet stránok 450
...rector. Sir John Vanbrugh, the play-writer, and architect of Blenheim (the subject of the epigram " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee.") was interred in the family vault under this church. ST. STEPHEN'S, Westminster, stands in Rochester... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1863 - Počet stránok 338
...well-known epitaph on Sir John Vanbrugh, the builder of Blenheim and other weighty erections — " Lie heavy on him, Earth ! for he Laid many a heavy load on thee " — * Compare "the look" which the old Zuluander gave isnop Coleuso, as described at Chapter IV.,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - Počet stránok 898
...William Evans, produced the well known couplet, forming the concluding lines to an epitaph on Vaubrugh : Lie heavy on him. Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thec. But according to Sir Joshua Reynolds, his designs have great poetic beauty as well as invention.... | |
 | William Drogo Montagu Duke of Manchester - 1864 - Počet stránok 466
...fellow long since forgotten — had the malice and the luck to launch against him an immortal couplet : Lie heavy on him earth ! For he Laid many a heavy load on thee. Dr. Evans was a poor dog : 'furious madman' were the CHAP. words in which Gray described him in a letter... | |
 | William Harvey - 1864 - Počet stránok 412
...and architect, has a family vault in this church. You remember the epitaph once proposed for him:— "Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee," Dr. Croly, the rector, is a very remarkable man. Though more than eighty years of age, he still officiates... | |
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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. 
