 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...her crvß (hall be rais'J, On Sir "John Fvnbrugb, the Poet and АгсЪ'пеЯ. ßj D,: EVASS. T IE heavy on him, earth ! for he *-* Laid many a heavy load on thee. PoßhumoM Fame. A Monflcr, in a cmirfc of vice grown old, ^*- Leaves to his gaping heir his ill- j^îin'd... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 536 pages
...very acutely, " mould apply to the beft land" fcape-painter you know." The epitaph made for Sir John, Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee, is remembered more on account of its point than of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs are... | |
 | 1799 - 432 pages
...£rfovb lie« genben uSlenljctm : ^adafié, паф Gljamber* Sobe, ebenfalls auf ii)it anwanbten: Lay heavy on him earth ! — for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. (grbe! liege fфtt>er auf iljm; bent» er legt» гоапфе (фаеге Sajî auf Ь1ф ), ©ein... | |
 | 1803 - 572 pages
...architecture of the mansion, andi thus translates into French the witty epitaph made om Vanburgh, " Lie heavy on him, Earth ; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee," *'. 0 i:rrc ! fe:t Hen sw lui; car II a tlenfest jUT i«"." aspects of which, varied to infinity by... | |
 | William Austin - 1804 - 328 pages
...heavy, but added, " It was in the usual style of Sir John Vanbrugh, not forgetting the epitaph, "Lay heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." At the gate of the palace there were five other visitors, waiting to view the apartments. Between the... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1805 - 550 pages
...Mansion-house in London has the appearance of one mountain of modelled stone placed upon another j fully justifying the witty epitaph made upon him, by Dr. Evans: * ' " Lie heavy on htm earth, foe he *c Laid many a heavy load on tLee." His His plays are what the refined taste of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...excited ! Mr. Price has ably vindicated Sir John Vanburgh, notwithftanding the memorable diftich : " Lie heavy on him, Earth ; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee !" VER. no. a labour'd Qnarry] In his letters he applies this expreffion to Blenheim; the mafly magnificence... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...excited ! Mr. Price ' has ably vindicated Sir John Vanburgh, notwithslanding the memorable diftich : " Lie heavy on him, Earth ; for he Laid many a heavy' load on thee !" VER. no. a labour'd Quarry] In his letters he applies this expreffion to Blenheim ; the marTy magnificence... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1806 - 446 pages
...1726; and Dr. Evans, alluding to his massy edifices, wrote the following lines, by way of epitaph: " Lie heavy on him, earth*, for he " Laid many a heavy load on thee." * flow difiernit from the votive address of an old -Roman to his friend's grave, Kit tihi lerra Iccis.... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...and the lightness of his comedies. Every one knows the proposed inscription for his gravestone : " Lie heavy on him earth ; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." VANDELLIA, in botany, a genus of the class didynamia, order angiospermia. Calyx mostly four-cleft ;... | |
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Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings. 
