 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 582 pages
...born to dcy." EPITAPH. i. r Ml.,!:,. N. . ,• ; . 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 ? FOR MY OW* TOMBSTONE. To me 'twas given to die : to thcc 'tis given To live : ala-,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1811 - 590 pages
...named the same according to the seven planets." Another authority to the same purpose is afforded by Prior: " The son of Adam and of Eve, " Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher.'" Is not the veneration with which we look up to antiquity f iartly owing to the influence of these associations?... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...age, alas ! will come, CCLXXI1I. 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 go higher ? CCLXXIV. GRIPE <m</ SHIFTER. Rich Gripe does all his thoughts and cunning bend, T' increase that... | |
 | Francis Charles Laird - Nottinghamshire (England) - 1813 - 440 pages
...which adorn its walls. Z 3 Her • " Ix>! here good reader, by your leave, Beneath this atone, lies Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher ?" Her Grace's Dressing Room is a very pleasing apartment, and contains some curious specimens. Here... | |
 | John Britton, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 734 pages
...which adorn its walls. Z3 Her • " Lo ! here good reader, by your leave. Beneath this stone, lies Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve, Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher .'" Her Grace's Dressing Room is a very pleasing apartment, and contains some curious specimens. Here... | |
 | Arthur (King.) - 1819 - 232 pages
...ridicule the silly pride of ancestry : " 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 ?" Mr. Addison, the author of that much-admired work, " The Spectator," o3 now flourished.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...account of the long series of ancestors through which they can trace their pedigree. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve : Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher. The following epitaph on a miser contains a good caution and an... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...heart liehold their God." EPITAPH ON MATTHEW PRIOR, THE POET, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher. • Wiltlmn Maton, Hetirtemlary of York Cathedral, Prebendary of... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...heart behold their God." EPITAPH ON MATTHEW PRIOR, THE POET, WRITTEN DY HIMSELF. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Let Beurbon or Nassau go higher. • William M.IiOII, Koideuiiaiy uf York Cailn-ihal, Prebendary... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...frenzy of her love, Reveal'd to Newton all her works above. ON MATTHEW PRIOR. Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Eve ; — Let Nassau or Bourbon go higher ! ON A BAKER. Here Pistor rests, who liv'd full forty years,... | |
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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. 
