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" Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being,... "
Autobiography: Illus. from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narratives - Page 7
by Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 381 pages
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Picturesque Views on the River Wye, from Its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to ...

Samuel Ireland - 1797 - 342 pages
...builds a church to God, and not to fame, ' •« Will never mark the marble with his name : " Go, fearch it there, where to be born and die, ** Of rich and poor makes all the hiftory ; " Enough that virtue fill'd the fpace between ** Prov'J by the ends of being, to have been."...
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The Nursery Garland: Being a Selection of Short, Classical Poems, Adapted to ...

W. M. - 1801 - 356 pages
...Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never, mark the marble with his name : Go fearch it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the hiftory; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the fpace between'; Prov'd by the ends of being to have been. POPE....
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...time, or their own obscurity, has cast a veil of oblivion over the virtues and vices of my Kentish ancestors: their character or station confined them...where to be born, and die, " Of rich and poor makes ail the history." So recent is the institution of our parish registers. In the beginning of the seventeenth...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...unknown ? P. Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name. 286 Go search it there, where to be born and die Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough that virtue fill'd the space between, Prov'd by the ends of being-to have been. 290 When Hopkins...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...almost unknown! Who builds a Chun h to God , and not to Famf t Will never mark the marble with his Name : Go search it there , where to be born and die , Of rich and poor makes all the his;ory ; Enough, rhat Virtue fill'd the sf ace between; Prov'd by tha ends of being to have been....
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The Literary journal, Volume 3

1804 - 400 pages
...learned Civilians, as far as appears from the present publication, it may be justly said, Go search them there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history. , It is impossible for us to point out any thing in this catalogue, that can be really valuable to...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...Who builds a Church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his Name :• Go fearch it there, where to be born and die> Of rich and poor makes all the hiftory ; Enough, that virtue ftll'd the fpace between ; Prov'd, by the ends of being, to have been*...
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Letters from Europe: During a Tour Through Switzerland and Italy ..., Volume 1

Joseph Sansom - 1805 - 544 pages
...DayBreak and Twilight—Ideas happily emblematical of Monumental fame, in which, as in the Paris Register, -To be born and die, Of Rich and Poor, makes all the history— Enough if Virtue Jilted the space between, Provd by the ends of being to have been.* In the adjoining...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...name almost unknown? Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that virtue rill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been. On VERSIFICATION....
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...mark] As Voltaire did at Ferney, with this infcription : " Deo erexit Voltaire.'' WARTON. Go, fearch it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor, makes all the hiftory ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the fpace between ; Prov'd, by the ends of being, to have been....
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