 | 1865 - Liczba stron: 600
...while his epitaph for himself— ' Gentlemen, here by your leave Lie the bones of Matthew Prior, A son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher ?' is but an expert adaptation of a much older one bv John Carnegie, as shown by Mr. Singer in ' Notes and... | |
 | 1865 - Liczba stron: 538
...said to have been made extempore : — " 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?" This spirited and harmonious verse is thus transmuted in Mr Booth's collection : —... | |
 | Howard Staunton - 1865 - Liczba stron: 622
...before composed a far better one — " 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?" ' ' 1 His brother Robert was Head Master of the School, 1711, and famous for his classical... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - Liczba stron: 398
...wrote. * 6 Mock Epitaph on Himself. (M) 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 ? 7 Phillies Age. How old may Phillis be, you ask, Whose beauty thus all hearts engages... | |
 | James Hannay - 1867 - Liczba stron: 310
...family pretensions. Prior* had said, — " 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 ?" And against aristocracy, viewed as a modern and artificial institution, recruited from considerations... | |
 | Jane H. Jamieson - 1867 - Liczba stron: 346
...point). "I daresay Sir John could count as far back as anybody — and ourselves, too, for that matter. 'The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher ? ' I don't think it such an overwhelming honour merely to have ' crept through scoundrels since the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - Liczba stron: 334
...this sort when he wrote his 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?" But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke. Oxford pensioned... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - Liczba stron: 752
...lightly covers her. Herrtclc, Hey. 98. 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 ? Prtor, Ep. on Himself. By foreign hands thy dying eyes were closed, By foreign hands... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - Liczba stron: 266
...will of Heaven. Prior.™ ON HIMSELF.55 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. Prior. some of the grosser faults of its predecessor at that time ; but for sense and... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - Liczba stron: 828
...typ^yopaTtav avdpomav oveipovs tlt/ai, 1 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?1 Epitaph on Himself. Odds life ! must one swear to the truth of a song? A Better Answer.... | |
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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. 
