 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...for stones to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — "Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it...father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole... | |
 | Charles Bradlaugh - England - 1887 - 328 pages
...merely said: "Freddy is dead." On this subject Thackeray preserves for us the following epitaph : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, Had it...father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had been his sister, No one would have miased her. Had it been the whole... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...for stones to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — "Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it...father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole... | |
 | Edward King - Europe - 1888 - 884 pages
...From Photograph by W. ¿L D. Downing, Ebliry street, London. " Here lies Fred, who was alive nnd now is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather, Had it been his brother, sooner than any other, Had it been his sister, there is no one who would have missed her, Had it been his whole... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 554 pages
...for stones to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and Is dead. Had it...father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1904 - 376 pages
...suppose expressed pretty justly popular indifference respecting him and others of his family : — Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it...been his father I had much rather ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. But since 'tis only Fred Who was alive and is dead, There's no... | |
 | Guilds - 1889 - 322 pages
...bitter struggle with France. The Company had not the required sum in their exchequer " Here lies poor Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father I had much rather ; Had it been his brother Still better than another ; Had it been his sister No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1890 - 358 pages
...indulged in frequent unfeeling and scurrilous personalities on every branch of the reigning family : Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead : Had it...father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1890 - 470 pages
...country was perhaps not unfairly represented in the famous epigram which became the talk of the town :— Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it...father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the... | |
 | Henry Bruce - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 356 pages
...Fred died. These lines, says Carlyle, are " his main monument with posterity : " " Here lies Prince Fred, ' ' Who was alive and is dead. " Had it been...much rather; " Had it been his Brother, " Sooner than any other; " Had it been his Sister, " There's no one would have missed her; " Had it been his whole... | |
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Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation.... 
