 Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages, having snatch'd from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due to his merit,...  A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies ... - Página 289de John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1844 - 603 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1786 - 494 páginas
...whatever fphere they may be ThU has been imitated by Pope in hi» epitaph on Sir Godfrey Kneller : Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works; and dying, fears herfclf may die. S44 Account fif Caroline CoUtgt at Brunfwick. be placed, whether in court, in public... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 páginas
...great, Lies crowu'd with Princes honours. Poets lays, Due to his merit, and brave third of praife. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herlelf may die. Of this epitaph the firft couplet is good, the fecond not bud, the third is deformed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 páginas
...great, Lies crown'd with Princes honours, Poets lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirft of praife. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herfelf may die. Of this epitaph the firft couplet is good, the fecond not bad, the third is deformed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 páginas
...great, Lies crown'd with Princes honours, Poets lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirft of praife. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herfelf may die. Of this epitaph the firft couplet is good, the fecond not bad, the third is deformed... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 548 páginas
...vinci Rerum magna parens, et moriente mori. Imitated by Pope in his Epitaph on Sir QoUfrey Kneller : Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works -, and dying, fears herfelf might die. Such is the force of imitation ; for Pope of himfelf would never have been guilty... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 páginas
...great, Lies crown'd with Princes honours, Poets lays, Due to his Merit, and brave Thirft of praife. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works; and, dying, fears herfelf may die. . , IX. On General HENRY WITHERS; In Wefbninfter- Abbey, 1729. HERE, Wi THER s , reft... | |
 | George Butt - 1793 - 254 páginas
...Nature, nor can die, or fear.* 9 In allusion to the following two !a»t lines of the epitaph .• " Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie •' Her works, and dying, fears herself may die." ] ON MR, CLAY'S PAPER-MANUFACTORY, IN BIRMINGHAM. IMPROMPTU. FROM many a little thing The many great... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 páginas
...Fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great. Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poet's lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living,...outvie Her works; and, dying, fears herself may die. IX. OnGcneralllenry Wi.lnrs, iaWtstminstir Abhey. 17^9. HERE, Withers! rest; thou bravest, gentlest,... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 páginas
...her tender mind, She griev'd as woman, but as faint rejign'd. VIII. ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER. VER. 7. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and, dying, fears herfelf may die. The turn alfo in Spencer's epitaph, faid to be written by himfelf, is much the fame... | |
 | 1796 - 500 páginas
...with princes' honours, poet's lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Na:ure fear'd he might outvie Her works; and, dying, fears herself may die. Xij IX. OnGtncralHcnry Wiibm, intVeslminster Atley. 1729. HERE, Withers! rest; thou bravest, gentlest,... | |
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