 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,...  Duty - Page 302by Samuel Smiles - 1880 - 430 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1811 - 1054 pages
...faucial; nor any monument, " or monumental inscription what" soever, to mark where I am laid ; " but lay me quietly in the earth, " place a sun-dial over my grave, " and let me be forgotten." Having giving these directions, he was very earnest in soliciting that Admiral Priestman would lose... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Asia - 1813 - 512 pages
...my funeral; nor any monument or monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid; hut lav me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Having given these directions, he was very earnest in soliciting that admiral Priestman would lose... | |
 | 1817 - 436 pages
...my funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid : but lay me quietly in the earth, place a sundial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Having given these directions, he was very earnest in soliciting that Admiral Priestman would lose... | |
 | England - 1850 - 938 pages
...it is my hobby, if you will," he is heard at one time to mutter. Dying, he says to his friend — " Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Child of Time— was it not enough ? When he had escaped the lazaretto and returned to England, he... | |
 | Theology - 1819 - 788 pages
...monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid ; but lay me quietly in ih•• earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." This spot he urged his friend to secure immediately ; ami when he was informed that it was effected,... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - Philanthropists - 1823 - 700 pages
...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 be forgotten." Having given these directions, he was desirous that no time should be lost for securing the object... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...burial ; nor any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever to mark where I am laid ; deposit me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." i A letter at this time arriving from England, containing pleasing information of his son, it was read... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Russia - 1825 - 372 pages
...at my funeral ; nor any monument or 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 be forgotten." He was very anxious that his friend should immediately secure the spot where he wished his grave to... | |
 | Russia - 1826 - 186 pages
...to be used at ray funeral, nor any monument or monumental inscription to mark where I am laid, but lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave and let me be forgotten.'' Soon afterwards he made his will, and having got Admiral Priestman to sign it, entrusted it to his... | |
 | Henry Clissold - Christian biography - 1829 - 716 pages
...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 be forgotten." When his friend returned to him with the intelligence that he had executed his commission respecting... | |
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