 | William Fairley - 1875 - 208 pages
...seriously calling the following lines ' Prior's Epitaph on Himself : — " ' Here lies what once was MATTHEW PRIOR, "*\ The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? ' "This, of course, '' continues the reviewer (like Gay's heedless lines) "is a mere... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...this sort when he wrote his Epitaph : — " Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassan claim higher?" Bnt, in this case, the old prejudice got the better oí the old joke. dorial... | |
 | M. C. Gray - 1874 - 338 pages
...when that lady had been speaking in rather too boastful terms of her own aristocratic lineage, — " Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve. — Can Bourbon or Nassau rank higher?" Nevertheless she was determined not to let the favourable opinion she had formed of Mr.... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 pages
...Siucll swoet, and blossom in the silent dust. SELF-WRITTEN. MATTHEW PRIOR'S. • Painters and heralds, by your leave, Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve : — Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher! It is said (and the statement appears highly probable) that... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...e'.\7r,'o«v typrfyopoTwv avdpanr1ov ovdpovs tlva1. 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?1 Epitaph on Himself. Odds life ! must one swear to the truth of a song? A Better Answer.... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 396 pages
...Rankfetishism would do well to ponder: 'Nobles and heralds, by your leave Here lies—what ouce was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau elaim higher ?' Better still is Bishop Hacket's verdiet: 'Never was pedigree so well set out as that... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...whores were burnt alive. Paulo Purganti. 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?3 Epitaph on Jfimself. Odds life ! must one swear to the truth of a song ? A Better Aniwer.... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pages
...the front of March. EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF. 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. Singer remarked in " Notes and Queries," 1st SI 482: " Prior's epitaph on himself... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 pages
...impromptu epitaph on himself — Pope. 11 " 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." But he does not often descend to so much levity as this, his wing is generally in a higher atmosphere.... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 pages
...impromptu epitaph on himself — Pope. 11 " 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." But he does not often descend to so much levity as this, his wing is generally in a higher atmosphere.... | |
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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. 
