 HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable...  History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry - Stran 461avtor: Jonathan Swift - 1801Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Alexander Carlyle - 1910 - 716 strani
...been dismissed from * The epitaph begins : " Here continueth to rot the body of Francis Charteris, who, with an inflexible constancy, and inimitable uniformity of life, persisted, in spite of age and infirmity, in the practice of every human vice except prodigality and hypocrisy: his insatiable avarice... | |
 | William King, John Arbuthnot - 1920 - 328 strani
...central figure in plate I. of Hogarth's Eake't An Epitaph. Here lieth the Body of Colonel DON FRANCISCO; Who, with an inflexible Constancy, And inimitable Uniformity of Life, Persisted, in Spite of Age and Infirmity, In the Practice of every human Vice, Excepting Prodigality and Hypocrisy ; His insatiable... | |
 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor - 1925 - 276 strani
...2For present day value, multiply by four. Gentleman's Magazine for April, 1732, and is as follows : Here continueth to rot The Body of Francis Chartres,...Prodigality and Hypocrisy : His Insatiable Avarice exempting him From the first, His matchless Impudence from the second. Nor was he more singular in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 strani
...grave along with it. The following Epitaph contains his character very justly drawn by Dr. Arbuthnot: HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES,...His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the first, What Nature wants, commodious Gold bestows, 'Tis thus we eat the bread another sows : But how unequal... | |
 | Jeremy Black - 1992 - 346 strani
...to the Stamp Act, 4• HP Harris, 'Account of the Political Storm in July 1766'. 262 In Memory of WP Who with an inflexible constancy and inimitable uniformity of life persisted, in spite of many bodily infirmities, in the practice of every human artifice, to raise himself and family, from... | |
 | Emmeline Garnett - 1998 - 262 strani
...celebrated his death with 'An Epigram', which began: Here lieth the Body of a Colonel DON FRANCISCO Who with an inflexible Constancy. And inimitable Uniformity of Life, Persisted, in Spight of Age and Infirmity, In the Practice of every human Vice Excepting Prodigality and Hypocrisy;... | |
 | Kathleen E. Miller - 2006 - 166 strani
...he could lie no longer He lied down and died. ANONYMOUS Here continueth to rot The body of Frances Chartres; Who with an inflexible constancy And inimitable uniformity of life Persisted In spite of Age & Infirmities, In the practice of every Human vice, Excepting Prodigality & Hypocrisy; His insatiable... | |
 | 1877 - 590 strani
...the body of Francis Chartreuse, who, with an inflexible constancy and uniformity of life, persisted in the practice of every human vice, excepting prodigality...the first, his matchless impudence from the second. " I say this because I want you to know that a good, healthy, long-lived, entertaining newspaper is... | |
 | 1882 - 682 strani
...the body of Francis Chartreuse, who, with an inflexible constancy and uniformity of life, persisted in the practice of every human vice, excepting prodigality...his insatiable avarice exempted him from the first, hi* matchless impudence from the second." I say this because I want you to know that a good, healthy,... | |
 | 1896 - 842 strani
...in the magnificent arraignment of Francis Charteris by Dr. Arbuthnot, concluding with the words : " Who with an inflexible constancy, and inimitable uniformity of life Persisted, In spite of Age and Infirmity, In the practice of every human vice " or, to cite an example in verse, in the four lines,... | |
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