 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 458 strani
...upon him, and named a• neighbouring village for a burial-place. " Give me no " monument," he said, " but lay me quietly in the earth ; " place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be for" gotten." He died on the 20th of January, 1790, and was interred in the spot he had selected. A... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1854 - 456 strani
...upon him, and named a neighbouring village for a burial-place. " Give me no " monument," he said, " but lay me quietly in the earth ; " place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be for" gotten." He died on the 20th of January, 1790, and was interred in the spot he had selected. A... | |
 | Peter Bayne - 1855 - 540 strani
...for the afflicted, and, concerning himself, these words addressed to his friend Admiral Priestman, " Let me beg of you, as you value your old friend, not...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Thus, with the same calm, saintly smile, so still but so immovable, which he had worn during, life,... | |
 | John Campbell Colquhoun - 1855 - 444 strani
...pomp to be used at my funeral ; ' nor let any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, be made to mark where I am laid ; but lay me quietly in the...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." His friend, unaware that the danger was so great, was unwilling to leave Howard, in order to fulfil... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1855 - 708 strani
...characteristic : " Let no monument or monumental inscription whatsoever mark the spot where I am buried ; lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." A plain brick obelisk, before alluded to, erected by the emperor Alexander, marks the spot where the... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1855 - 695 strani
...characteristic: " Let no monument or monumental inscription whatsoever mark the spot where I am buried; lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." A plain brick obelisk, before alluded to, erected by the emperor Alexander, marks the spot where the... | |
 | James McConnel Hussey - 1855 - 148 strani
...my funeral, nor any monument nor monumental inscription whatever to mark where I am laid, but let me lay me quietly in the earth ; place a sundial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." LXVII. EEV. JOHN NEWTON. HE continued for about eleven months confined to his room, calmly looking... | |
 | John Field - 1856 - 332 strani
...This conversation was then followed by some directions respecting his funeral and place of interment. '"There is a spot,' said he, ' near the village of...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten.' " Feeling that his end was rapidly approaching, Howard expressed a desire that no time might be lost... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 strani
...to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental macription whatever, to mark where I am laid ; but lay me quietly in the...earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotton.' These afrectioas were in spirit, although not strictly complied with ; and on the 86th... | |
 | Christians - 1856 - 452 strani
...the humility of his character. He selected a spot in the village of Dauphiny — " There," said he, " lay me quietly in the earth, place a sundial over my grave, and let me DC forgotten." It was the 20th of January, 1790, about eight o'clock at night, that his spirit took... | |
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near the village of Dauphigny ; this would suit me nicely ; you know it well, for I have often said that I should like to be buried there ; and let me beg of you, as you value your old friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any... 
