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" Westminster fedd me, Cambridge sped me, my Sister wed me,* Study taught me, Living sought me, Learning brought me, Kendal caught me, Labour pressed me, sickness distressed me, Death oppressed me, and grave possessed me, God first gave me, Christ did save... "
Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. [Continued as ... - Page 31
by Chambers's journal - 1885
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern ...

1822 - 382 pages
...Kendal caught me. Labour press'd me, sickness distressed me, Death oppress'd me, the grave possess'd me; God first gave me, Christ, did save me, Earth did crave me, and Heav'n would have me. IN MEMORY OF MRS. FRANCES STRICKLAND, Late Wife of Mr. John Strickland, of Strickland,...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1

1823 - 494 pages
...brought me, Kendal caught me. Labour prest me, sickness distrest me. Death opprest me, the grave possRät me, God first gave me, Christ did save me. Earth did crave me, and Heaven would have me. * Meaning at the instigation of bit sister. TO CORRESPONDENTS. . Bardnlus, and several other Correipondents,...
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Lambeth and the Vatican: Or, Anecdotes of the Church of Rome, of the Refomed ...

1825 - 624 pages
...prest me — sickness distressed me ; Death oppress'd me — the grave possessed me. God first made me— Christ did save me ; Earth did crave me, and Heaven would have me. *At her instigation. PURGATORY. Here follow the fifteen helps and remedies, which you will find even...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 2

1833 - 270 pages
...brought me, Kendal caught me. Labour press'd me, sickness distresst me, Death oppress! me, grave possess! me, GOD first gave me, Christ did save me, Earth did crave me, and heaven would have me. THE custom of burying bodies in churches is said to have been first sanctioned by Cuthbert, Archbishop...
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The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1

1833 - 814 pages
...me, Kendal caught me, Labour press' d me, sickness distress! me, Death oppress! me, grave possesstme, GOD first gave me, Christ did save me. Earth did crave me, and heaven would have me. THE custom of burying bodies in churches is said to have been first sanctioned by Cuthbert, Archbishop...
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The lakes of England [by G. Tattersall].

George Tattersall - 1836 - 392 pages
...— " London bredd me ; Westminster fedd me ; Cambridge spedd me ; my sister wedd me ; Study taught me ; living sought me ; Learning brought me ; Kendal...Earth did crave me ; and heaven would have me." The road from Kendal to Bowness, a distance of nine miles, passes over a barren, wild, and desolate tract...
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Loiterings among the lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland, by the author of ...

George Mogridge - 1849 - 228 pages
...Labour pressed mee — sickness distressed mee — Death oppressed mee — The grave possessed mee — God first gave me — Christ did save me—- Earth did crave me, — and heaven would have me.' " wonder that you should take a copy of it. You like old things, papa !" " I do. I went, as I told...
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Notes and Queries

1855 - 1080 pages
...second line ? " London bred me, Westminster fed IB*, Cambridge «ped me, My sisttr wed me, Study taught me, Living sought me, Learning brought me, Kendal...me, Earth did crave me, and Heaven would have me," JOHN «.»' THE FOKD. [_The passage seems to imply that hi* wife was procured by the intervention of...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions: On the Most ...

Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...me, Study taught me — Living sought me, Learning brought me — Kendal caught me, Labour press'd me — Sickness distressed me, Death oppressed me...Earth did crave me — And heaven would have me." In Westminster Abbey is a monument to Dr. ISAAC WATTS (by Banks). It consists of a fine bust ; underneath,...
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Dear Old England; a Description of Our Fatherland

Jane Anne Winscom - 1861 - 466 pages
...: — " London bredd me, Westminster fedd me ; Cambridge spedd me, My sister wedd me ; Study taught me, Kendal caught me ; Labour pressed me, Sickness distressed me ; Death oppressed me, The grave possess'd me ; God first gave me, Christ did save me ; Earth did crave me, Heaven would have me." In...
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