 | Samuel Smiles - 1910 - Liczba stron: 502
...trusting to anything mortal. — SOPHOCLES. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher? PRICR'S Epitafh on Mmulf. AS races of men produce their like, so do individual men and women. Races... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - Liczba stron: 784
...were single-hearted. 1419 Shelley: Epitaph 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? 1430 Prior : Ep. Extempore EQUALITY. Who can in reason, then, or right, assume Monarchy... | |
 | Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle - 1915 - Liczba stron: 652
...for Matthew Prior's epitaph on himself: 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? With few exceptions the animal poems are disappointing. The great poets should be more... | |
 | Engelbert Frey - 1915 - Liczba stron: 206
...how impartial is the Will of Heav'n?" (WI p. 194). ,,Heralds and Statesmen, by your leave, Here lye the Bones of Matthew Prior; The Son of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon, or Nassau, go higher?" (W. II. p. 57). Fiir das letzte Epigramm verzeichnet Dodd (p. 285) trotz Priors Uberschrift ,,Extempore"... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1915 - Liczba stron: 150
...Virgil too. A. POPE. Epitaph on Himself 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 ? M. PRIOR. My own Epitaph LIFE is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once,... | |
 | 1918 - Liczba stron: 2030
...his mouth, be never without honey. Unknown 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? Matthew Prior [ 1 664-1 721] HERE lie I, Martin Elginbrodde; Hae mercy o' my soul, Lord... | |
 | Thomas Goddard Wright - 1920 - Liczba stron: 334
...This was published in 1712. •8 Letter-Book, i. 398. "Monarchs, and Heraulds, by your leave "Here ly the bones of Matthew Prior; "The Son of Adam and of Eve: "Let Bourbon, or Nassau, goe higher!"6' This last quotation is very interesting because it seems to... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1922 - Liczba stron: 488
...verse full of the laughter of his light-hearted scorn : Heralds and Statesmen, by your leave, Here lye the Bones of Matthew Prior ; The Son of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon, or Nassau, go higher ? 1 But even for Prior song, woman, and wine could not entirely banish deeper questionings, and at... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - Liczba stron: 1422
...67. (To Addison.) (See also CBAGOS) 2 Heralds and statesmen, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve; Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher? PRIOR — Epitaph. Extempore. (As given in original edition.) 3 Johnny Carnegie lais heer Descendit... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - Liczba stron: 524
...misfortune bemoan, And make thy concern by reflection his own. Epitaph Extempore Heralds, and statesmen, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior...Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon, or Nassau, go higher ? For My Own Tombstone To me 'twas given to die : to thee 'tis given To live : alas ! one moment sets... | |
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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. 
