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" Jesus' sake forbeare To digg the dust enclosed heare : Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones, And curst be he yt moves my bones. "
What is Man?: And Other Essays - Page 358
by Mark Twain - 1917 - 375 pages
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Noontide leisure; or, Sketches in summer

Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...voice, the four following lines, which he found inscribed upon its surface : Good frend, for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased heare ; Blest be ye man y' spares thes stones, And curst be he y' moves my bones. " This rather singular inscription," remarked...
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Noontide Leisure: Or, Sketches in Summer, Outlines from Nature and ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1824 - 344 pages
...tremulous voice, the four following lines, which he found inscribed upon its surface: Good frend, for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased heare; Blest be y e man y* spares thes stones, And curst be he y l moves my bones. " This rather singular inscription," remarked...
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Church-yard gleanings and epigrammatic scraps, a collection of epitaphs and ...

William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...Stratford-on-Avon, the place of his nativity. Good Friend, For Jesvs Sake Forbeare To Diffg The Dust Enclosed Heare ; Blest Be Ye Man Yt. Spares Thes Stones, And Curst Be He Yt. Moves My Bones. 2. In the same church, under his monumental bust, are the following inscriptions : — Jvdicio Pylivm,...
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Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man: Or, The Progress of Human Life. Illustrated ...

John Evans - Life - 1834 - 306 pages
...are these singular lines — Good trend, for JESUS' sake, forbeare To digg the dust enclosed here ; Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones, And curst be he yt moves my bones! It is said that "notwithstanding the anathema pronounced by the Bard on any disturbers of his bones,...
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Hill and Valley: Or, Hours in England and Wales

Catherine Sinclair - England - 1838 - 430 pages
...own directions : — Good Friend ! For Jesus' Sake Forbeare, To Digg the Dust Enclosed Heare; Bless'd be ye man yt Spares Thes Stones, And Curst be He yt Moves My Bones. That last vigorous line partakes more of the poacher than the poet ; and it is sad to perceive all...
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A Buckeye Abroad: Or, Wanderings in Europe, and in the Orient

Samuel Sullivan Cox - Europe - 1852 - 462 pages
...inscription, composed by the poet himself; " GrOOD FRIEND FOR JESUS7 SAKE FORBEAR To DIG THE DUST INCLOSED HEARE, BLEST BE YE MAN YT SPARES THES STONES AND CURST BE HE YT MOVES MY BONES." His family reside in their narrow homes near him. His daughter Susannah, has this quaint inscription...
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The Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt - 1852 - 566 pages
...over the remains of Shakspeare is a flat stone, bearing this inscription : — Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust enclo'ased heare : Blest be ye. man y'. spares thes stones, And curst be he y'. moves my bones. On the north wall of the chancel, about...
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Travels in Europe and the East: A Year in England, Scotland, Ireland...

Samuel Irenæus Prime - Europe - 1855 - 426 pages
...these words : " Good frend, for Jesus' sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare ; Bleste be the man yt spares thes stones, And Curst be he yt moves my bones." In the wall is a bust of the poet, strikingly unlike all the pictures we have of him, but affirmed...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 832 pages
...following inscription : — " Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust eueloased heare : Bieste : 4 8 "ю The monument erected to the great dramatist's memory against the north wall of the chancel, is...
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The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1862 - 964 pages
...following inscription : — " Good frond for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased hearo : Blesto ED. Thou liest, I can. LAUN. I will try thee : tell me this : Wlio "gj The monument erected to the great dramatist's memory against the north wall of the chancel, is...
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