 | 1844 - 671 sidor
...well-known quaint abjuration : — " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dii the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." We quote another antique specimen, on a tombstone in the same churchyard (Stratford) : — " Death... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1844 - 402 sidor
...rest, with the quaint adjuration ; " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here ; Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be be that moves my bones." Near him his wife reposes, with a Latin inscription on a small metallic tablet.... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 456 sidor
...excellent in their kind, save that the last line is a little too harsh. Good friend ! for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust inclosed here. Blest be the...these stones ; And curst be he that moves my bones. Fuller has a singular remark respecting Poets' Epitaphs: " Who hath worse poetry than poets on their... | |
 | William Holloway (of Rye in Sussex.) - 1847 - 660 sidor
...remains that Shakspeare had the following lines engraven over them : " Good friend, for Jesus' snke forbear To dig the dust inclosed here ! Blest be the...these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." In 1 547 a hole was dug in the churchyard to receive all the bones that lay in the charnel house, but... | |
 | William Holloway (of Rye in Sussex.) - 1847 - 642 sidor
...that Shakspeare had the following lines engraven over them : " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbfnr To dig the dust inclosed here ! Blest be the man that...spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bonos." In 1547 a hole was dug in the churchyard to receive all the bones that lay in the charnel house,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 sidor
...monument is placed in the wall. On his grave-stone underneath is — " Good friend, for Jceus' enke ll y «parce theee etonee. And curet be he that moves my bonee." He had three daughters, of which two lived... | |
 | William John Birch - 1848 - 574 sidor
...ironical imprecation usual to Shakspere. Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. The humour which imagined the death scene of Falstaff, and so often found in the plays an occasion... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 sidor
...thoughtful minds. Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be he that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. Just over the grave, in a niche of the wall, is a bust of Shakspeare, put up shortly after his death,... | |
 | Severn Teackle Wallis - 1849 - 424 sidor
...him, to read the Stratford epitaph : " Good friend ! for Jesu's sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here ; Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves mv bones !" Having made his disposition of Murillo's body, it was but natural that Soult should feel... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1864 - 1126 sidor
...would not desist from the attempt ? — Good friend, for Jesus' pake, forbear To dig the bones enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones And curst be he that mores my bones. The greatest honour which can be paid him is to respect his wishes, and it is a proper... | |
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Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. 
