 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.  Temple Bar - Page 101861Full view - About this book
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...himself, prefixed to his poems beneath hi» print, " Nobles and commons, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve. Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher!" is said to have been taken from a Scotch epitaph in the church-yard of Dundee. Here lies a man Com'd... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 pages
...Matthew Prier , * * Nobles , généalogistes , avec votre permission » ci-gît qui fut autrefois Mathieu Prior , The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? * *le fils d'Adam et d'Eve ; Bourbon ou Nassau remontent - ils plus haut ? ADDISO N.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...prefixed to Ms poems beneath bis portrait— Nobles and Commons, by jour leave, Here lie the liones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau ge higher 1 fa said to have been taken from a Scotch epitaph in Dundee church-yard :— Here liei a... | |
 | Matthew Prior - England - 1835 - 364 pages
...dear, wert born to-day. EPITAPH. EXTEMPORE. 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 ? FOR MY OWN MONUMENT. As doctors give physic by way of prevention, Mat, alive, and in... | |
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