| Leigh Hunt - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 326
...so good, wrote a K 2 jesting epitaph on Sir John, the final couplet of which has become famous : " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." Sir Joshua Reynolds however was of opinion, that Vanbrugh's style was misconstrued," and that it was... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...end. . 746. Two parts of us successively command : The tongue in peace, but then in war the hand. 747. Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. 748. Each must in virtue strive for to excel : That man lives twice who lives the first life well.... | |
| Arthur Cleveland Coxe - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...air and light through a grating, lies the architect himself — the truly great Sir Christopher. " Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee !" But now you come to the circular vault, upheld by massive pillars, and lighted partially from the... | |
| 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 834
...was celebrated for building heavy structures, and consequently this epitaph was composed for him. " Lie heavy on him earth, for he laid Many a heavy load on thee." The seat was presented by Queen Ann, to John, the first and great Duke of Marlborough, for his victory... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...victims of the exposure. — Professor FEISBIE. SYLLEPSIS. § 468. SYLLEPSIS, from the Greek sullepsis, taken together, is a trope by which a word is taken...of the writer. 1. Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he f - Laid many a heavy load on tbee. — Epitaph on a bad Architect, 2. "And hope shall revive again,... | |
| Shearjashub Spooner - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...Whitehall, in 1726. In his character of architect, Dr. Evans bestowed on him the following witty epitaph : " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee " ! ANECDOTE OF THE ENGLISH PAINTER JAMES SEYMOUR. He was employed by the Duke of Somerset, commonly... | |
| Paul Hamilton Payne - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...epitaph was made, in caustic allusion to hissupposed leaning to the heavy style in architecture. " Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." Certainly there are stirring associations connected with Blenheim. But were I an Englishman I do not... | |
| Paul Hamilton Payne - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...epitaph was made, in caustic allusion to hissupposed leaning to the heavy style in architecture. " Lie heavy on him earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on tliec." Certainly there are stirring associations connected with Bleiihi'im. But were I an Englishman... | |
| Katherine Thomson - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...houses,' and Dr. Evans to write this epitaph for the builder — A GOOD WIT, AND A BAD ARCHITECT. 121 ' Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee,' Sarah haggled over ' seven-pence halfpenny a bushel :' Van retorted by calling her ' stupid and troublesome,'... | |
| 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 816
...a long anticipation) that weu-known comic epitaph, writ for a preceding architectural knight — " Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee" — to the shoulders of the designers of Oxford and Dublin Museums, and other elegancies, we shall... | |
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