 | 1803 - 748 pages
...of" Hpnry the Third of France, under rlis month or September, 1587, records the -execution U " of *' Nobles and Commons, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The fon of Adam and of Eve. Can Bourbon or Naflau- go higher :" re faid to have been taken from a Scotch... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...rmd learn'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. EPITAPH. (PRIOR.) NOBLES and Heralds, by your leave Here* lie the bones of Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve, Can Stuart or Nassau claim higher? Under MILTON'S PICTURE, before kis PARADISE LOST. (DRYDEN.J THRKE Poets,... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 pages
...Matthew Prier , * * Nobles , généalogistes , avec votre permission » ci-gît qui fut autrefois Mathieu Prior , The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? * *le fils d'Adam et d'Eve ; Bourbon ou Nassau remontent - ils plus haut ? ADDISO N.... | |
 | 1807 - 218 pages
...should bid me die,. That you yourself may live. EPITAPH ON PRIOR. [BY HIMSELF.] NOBLES and heralds, by your leave,. Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior,. The son of Adam and of Eve ; Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher. IMPROMPTU ON BERTIE GREATHEED, ESQ. AND HIS TRAGEDY. CRIES Greathecd,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 568 pages
...t--» Prefixed to Prior's Poems is his portrait, beneath which is this epitaph, written by himself: Nobles and Commons, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and Eve, Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher ? But this is not original, for in the churchyard of-Dundee, in... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...calculated to remind us of our mortality, and inspire us with pious sentiments — " Monarchs and courtiers, by your leave, " Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior ; " The son of Adam and of Eve ; " Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher." I cannot even pass without blame, on this account, Mr. Pope's... | |
 | Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...division. . t Mr. Rose manages matters in Downing Street. MR. PRIOR'S EPITAPH. NOBLES and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve : Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher. LOVE AND HOPE, NONE without Hope, e'er lov'd the brightest fair;... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...mortality, and inspire us with pious sentiments.... " Monarchs and courtiers, by your leave, " Here lies the bones of Matthew Prior ; " The son of Adam and of Eve ; " Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher." I cannot even pass without blame, on this account, Mr. Pope's... | |
 | Helvétius - 1810 - 536 pages
...than myself, think and call themselves sorcerers, even on the scaffold. A thou* Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve, Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher. T. sand The great think themselves of a superior specie!. sand instances... | |
 | Helvétius - 1810 - 530 pages
...than myself, think and call themselves sorcerers, even on the scaffold. A thou* Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve, Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher. PRIOR. T. land The great think themselves of a superior species. sand... | |
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Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? " But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke. 
