 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1873 - 388 Seiten
...inscribed, at the particular request of the dead man, the well-known lines : — ' Youthful reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me.' Beneath which lines there also appeared on the stone,... | |
 | Josiah Howard Temple - 1875 - 696 Seiten
...Daughter of Mr Phinehas and Mrs Jo ' anna Wright who Di | ed Nov 10 AD ITS i Aged 25 years Reader Behold as you pass by As you are now so once was I And al 1 am so you must be Therefore Prepare to follow me Lucy Dau | of Mr Oliver ] and Mrs Lucy )... | |
 | William M'Dowall - 1876 - 472 Seiten
...was erected by "George Biddall, showman," to mark the spot, and which bears the subjoined appeal : " Traveller as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ! As I am now so you must be, Prepare in time to follow me." To this verse Mr. Biddall has added a well-turned compliment... | |
 | 1876 - 244 Seiten
...who departed this life the 30th of November, 1695, in the 29th year of his age — " Pray think on me as you pass by, As you are now so once was I ; But now I lye dissolved to dust, I hope to rise among the just." A writer in the " Gentleman's Magazine,"... | |
 | Elias Nason - 1877 - 332 Seiten
...Mrs. HANNAH TAYLOR, wife of Mr. David Taylor, who died Oct. 3d, 1800, Aged 8 1 years. Behold and see, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Trepare for death and follow me. Erected in Memory of Capt. LEONARD BUTTERFIELD, who... | |
 | John Robert Kippax - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...Conn.: 1794. Here lies interred a blooming youth, Who lived in love and died in truth. Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be; Prepare for death and follow me. An old gravestone at Kennebunk, Maine, has the following:... | |
 | John Potter Briscoe - 1877 - 76 Seiten
...remember He died ye 19th of September. Robert Eockley son he be, His age is near to 23. 1742. Remember you as you pass by, As you are now so once was I; As I am now so must you be, Prepare yourselfe to follow me." NEWARK. " Sacred to the memory Of Hercules Clay, Alderman... | |
 | Sarah Butler Wister, Agnes Irwin - 1877 - 342 Seiten
...rapidly worn by the constant action of sun and rain. The words run, — " Stranger who now are passing by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so shall you be : Therefore prepare to follow me." There is perhaps no private sphere of life affording... | |
 | Henry Thomas Wake - 1878 - 116 Seiten
...Broughton who departed this life the 12th Day of May AD 1740 in the 55th year of her age. Stop Passenger as you pass by As you are now, so once was I As I am now so must you be Therefore prepare for Death & follow me." " Here lyes the Body of Thomas Malkin who... | |
 | Samuel Abbott Green - 1878 - 318 Seiten
...GREEN Born at Groton, March 10. 1741. Died at Mason NH Nov. to. 1822. JEt. 81. Stop, friend and read as you pass by ; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare for Death, and follow me. The son of JONATHAN and SARAH (LAKIN) GREEN. 1823... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
