 I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets. I observed indeed that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps...  On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening - Page 119by Samuel Felton - 1830 - 221 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...epitaphs, which are written with great 'elegance c:i exprtilwn and juilnels. of thought, and which therefore do honour to the. living as well as to the dead. As .1 loreigner is very apt to conceive an id«a of the igiiorunce or politenels of a nation from the... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...to the memory of perfons whofe bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the boIbm of the ocean. I could not but be very much delighted with feveral modern, epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expreflion and juftnefs of thought,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...the memory of perfons whofe bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenhei<a, or in the bofom of the ocean. I could not but be very much delighted with feveral modern epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expreffum, and juftnefs of thought... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pages
...these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom...could not but be very much delighted with several Tnod.-rn epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought, and... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pages
...these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom...could not but be very much delighted with several mod nn epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom...expression and justness of thought, and therefore do Iwnour to the living as well as the dead. As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...several modern epilaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and justuess of thonght , and therefore do honour to the living as well as to the desd. As a foreigner is very apt to conceive au idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom...expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honor to the living as well as to the dead. As a foreigner ." Accounts, which — Monuments, which.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, orin the bosom of the ocean. I could not but be very much...expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honor to the living as well as to the dead. As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of* the... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...those uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons, whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom...could not but be very much delighted with several Hiodern epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought, and... | |
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