 | David Booth - 1831 - 408 pages
...prevents the comparison from exciting surprise. In the well-known ' Epitaph upon a bad Architect,' " Lie heavy on him Earth ; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee," the point consists in the two-fold meaning of the word heavy; but, in the musings of Childe Harold... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 400 pages
...by men of classic taste against his fabrics ; and when he died, he exclaimed with the epigram— " Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee ! " We must consider, however, that they were worshippers of different gods ; and perhaps the witty... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...jumble of brick and mortar, thought of its worthy architect, and tins apt epitaph upon him : — " Lie heavy on him Earth ! — for he Laid many a heavy load on thee !" Nor could I forget that reasonaUr wish of the ancient ethnicks, which gi«* it so much point —... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 670 pages
...the Duke of Marlborough &c. — his buildings were in general so heavy, that a wag said of him — " Lie heavy on him earth, for he " Laid many a heavy load on thee." Feb. 10. Provoked Husband 27th time successively. 1 6. Love in several Masques. Wisemore = Mills :... | |
 | John Gorton - 1833 - 918 pages
...more of his character than what may be inferred from the sarcastic epitaph written for him by Dr Abel Evans: — " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy weight on thee." He obtained in 1704 the heraldic office of clarencieux-king-at-arms; and in 1714 he... | |
 | 1834 - 730 pages
...and others, his fame as an architect bids fair to become equally durable. The epigrammatic epitaph : Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on the«; has been repeated by innumerable lips ; but how few of those, who have chuckled over the couplet,... | |
 | 1835 - 398 pages
...massive construction, that the following linee are said tu be inscribed on his monumental tablet : " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on the«." Ir. must be observed, in modern buildings, that, deviating from the prescriptive styles and... | |
 | 1838 - 406 pages
...than the spiteful epigram of Dr. Evans, which is likely to outlive the most elaborate criticism : " Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. " But with the architectural merits or demerits of Vanbrugh, we have nothing to do here, beyond the... | |
 | Juvenal - 1839 - 572 pages
...Pers. i. 37 sqq. PR. And the well-known epigram on Sir John Vanbrugh, the architect of Blenheim ; " Lie heavy on him, earth ! for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." 208. The ancients used to strew fragrant nosegays, annually, on the tombs of their departed friends,... | |
 | Douglas Allport - 1841 - 314 pages
...ponderous tomb, erected apparently in the spirit which dictated those lines on Sir John Vanburgh : — " Lie heavy on him earth ! for he Laid many a heavy load on thee ! " On the upper part of this monument is a small escutcheon charged with three pheons ; " the inscription... | |
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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. 
