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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. "
Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present and Two ... - Página 340
de William Seward - 1796
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London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volumen 18

1749 - 690 páginas
...foftly, I entreat you ; For if he chance to wake, be fure he'll eat you. »c. On Sir John Vanburgh. Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. •6. Here lies the body of Tbmat Small, 'r ••/..;• r /.A weaver, and that's all. 17. 0* a Mifer....
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - 1760 - 300 páginas
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbru*bt has thefe lines : *« Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee* H 2 SIR SIR John having taken a tour into Trance before the glorious war that broke out in 1701, was...
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - 1760 - 300 páginas
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbrugh, has thefe lines : Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thée. Hz SIR SIR John having taken a tour into France before the glorious war that bioke out in 1701,...
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A Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing ...

1764 - 164 páginas
...Afpeft ; the feeming Weight of which occa- • iioned this Epitaph on the Architect Sir John Vanlrugh. Lie heavy on him, Earth ! for He Laid many a heavy Load on thee. The South Front is lefs loaded with Ornament ; on it is a Bufto of Louis XIV. taken from the Citadel...
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Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., Volumen 3

Horace Walpole - 1782 - 324 páginas
...died at Whitehall March 26, 1726. In his chara&er of architect, Dr. Evans bpftowed on himthi* epitaph, Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. ROBE £ TI, An architeft, who built the ftaircafe at Coudray, the lord Montacute's j Pelegrinr painted...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volumen 1

Sir Richard Steele - 1786 - 516 páginas
...concludes his account of Sit John, with Dr. Evans's epitaph on him, in his chara&eJ of architect. ' . ' . Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. Utfopra. TAT. N° 13. p. 140. -Kate, add, See KALM'S " Travels, £c." TAT. Hid. p. 144. Note, aJfaem,...
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A View of England: Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Volumen 2

[Gebhard] Friedrich August Wendeborn - 1791 - 372 páginas
...tafte. Luckily, this folly, together wiih that of furnifhing houfes in the Chinefe way, has fubfided. * Lie heavy on him earth ! for he, Laid many a heavy load on thee. There There are here and there many good modern buildings to be met with in London; but they are too...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1794 - 614 páginas
...confpicuous as to become almoft proverbial; and which procured for him the following well-known epitaph: " Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he " Laid many a heavy load on thce." Let us attend to what is here boldly urged in his favour: • Sir John Vanbrugh has long been...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present ..., Volumen 2

William Seward - 1796 - 430 páginas
..." Now, Sir John, you " have built us fo fine a houfe, pray who is to " make the gardens, and layout the park for us ?". " Your Grace," replied Sir John...thee, is remembered more on. account of its point thaij of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs ar^ the requifites to fublimity in Architecture;...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 páginas
...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...
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