 Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation....  Self Culture - Stran 111898Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 488 strani
...expressions probably originated the following ballad, which was much in vogue at the period : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead : Had it...the nation ; But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive aud is dead, There 's no more to be said." The manner in which the Duke received the tidings of his... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 492 strani
...vogue at the period: — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead: * Doddington's Diary, p. 111. Had it been his father, I had much rather ; Had it...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead, There 's no more to be said." The manner in which the Duke received the tidings of his brother's loss... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 392 strani
...Diary, and from an epitaph which had great currency at the time, and is preserved in Walpole's Memoires/ Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said. * William, Duke of Cumberland, of Culloden memory, and therefore particularly obnoxious to the Jacobites,... | |
 | 1852 - 638 strani
...his father I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Much better than another ; Had it been Ыs sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been...generation, Still better for the nation ; But since 't is only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead — There is no more to be said. VoLi., p. 266,rfsic. Nothing,... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1845 - 494 strani
...the degree of respect in which the Prince and other members of his iamily were held by the people. " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said." The death of the son of Sophia Dorothea was as pudden as that of his father. He was in his seventy-eighth... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 880 strani
...was alive, and is dead. If it had been his father I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Much better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead — There is no more to be said.' Vol. ip 266, et »eq. Nothing, however, is more difficult than for... | |
 | 1851 - 854 strani
...was alive, and is dead. If it had been his father I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Much better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead — There is no more to be said.' Vol. ip 266, et seg. Nothing, however, is more difficult than for... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 582 strani
...the King towards her, and the manner in which her Royal Highness brought up her son, the heir preHad it been his sister, No one would have missed her,...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead — There is no more to be said. * So sad a commencement of existence did not promise a favourable... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 574 strani
...the King towards her, and the manner in which her Royal Highness brought up her son, the heir preHad it been his sister, No one would have missed her,...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead — There is no more to be said. * So sad a commencement of existence did not promise a favourable... | |
 | 1851 - 608 strani
...been his sister, No one would have missed her; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for tbe nation ; But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There is no more to be said." In speaking of William, Duke of Cumberland, the heroofFontenoy and Culloden,... | |
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