 I should like to be buried there ; and let me beg of you, as you value your old friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid : but lay me quietly in the earth,...  Dwight's American Magazine - Seite 119herausgegeben von - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Austin Phelps - 1878 - 346 Seiten
...to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral, nor any monumental inscription to mark where I am laid. Lay me quietly in the earth : place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Yet that man was John Howard. The best of men feel most profoundly the conviction of ill-desert as... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 488 Seiten
...he said to a friend, "There is a spot near the village of Dauphiny where I should like to be buried. Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." But John Howard can never be forgotten while grateful hearts are to be found; mid the name of the Great... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 234 Seiten
...as you value your old friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral, nor any monument nor monumental inscription whatever to mark where I am...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten.' The place where he wished to be buried was on the estate of a French gentleman from whom he had received... | |
 | - 1879 - 950 Seiten
...the end of his Hie, and at last died at Cherson, of fever, in the year 1790. His own last wish was " lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." But Russia £ave him a public funeral, and England raised him a monurr.ent in St. Paul's Cathedral.... | |
 | Glasgow sabbath school union - 1879 - 652 Seiten
...buried. Suffer no pomp to be used at my funeral, no monument to mark the spot where I am laid ; but put me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." — John Howard. "Be not dismayed at the prospect of getting home. Where is the man that would be sorry... | |
 | James Parton - 1880 - 688 Seiten
...suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid ; but lay me quietly in the...earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me bo forgotten." He further enjoined that he should not be buried according to the ritual of the Greek... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 328 Seiten
...Unconscious of the fame such heroism as his can bring, on his deathbed he said to one who was beside him, " Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sundial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." His memory shall never die. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE. travel? How much did he expend? What was his last... | |
 | World - 1880 - 796 Seiten
...nor let any monument nor monumental inscription whatsoever be made to mark where I am laid ; but Jay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." "Is that Mother?" 717 . •• "IF I COULD ONLY SEE MY MOTHER.'" "!FI could only see my mother !" Again... | |
 | David Thomas - 1881 - 446 Seiten
...who was by his bedside he marked a spot in a churchyard in Dawphiny where he wished to be buried. " Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sundial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." But the noble Howard will not be forgotten so long as the memory of man lasts. He was the benefactor... | |
 | James Parton - 1883 - 860 Seiten
...suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid ; but lay me quietly in the...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." He further enjoined that he should not be buried according to the ritual of the Greek Church, nor any... | |
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