 | W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...tomb, " With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, " In the deep dungeon of some Gothic dome."t I may say, with Dr. Pope, in his celebrated moral song,...for English subjects, without great freedoms " and immunities." His observation is very just: Jersey is situated in the very grasp of France. The annals... | |
 | Philip Falle - 1837 - 548 pages
...our Condition, which under the disadvantages of our Situation, would otherwise be most intolerable. There would be no living in this Island for English Subjects, without great Freedoms and Immunities ; which few would envy, if they knew at what price w« purchase them. Whoso looks into our... | |
 | Philip Falle - Jersey - 1837 - 548 pages
...our Condition, which under the disadvantages of our Situation, would otherwise be most intolerable. There would be no living in this Island for English Subjects, without great Freedoms and Immunities j which few would envy, if they knew at what price we purchase them. Whoso looks into our... | |
 | Essex (England) - 1921 - 548 pages
...may say, with Dr. Pope, in his celebrated moral song,' ' If a thousand years hence " here lies WP" Be found on my tombstone, what is it to me. ? ' '...ought to be a memento mori to every human being.' NAMES & VOCATIONS OF SOME ESSEX PEOPLE OF THE 'MAYFLOWER.' BY REV. TW MASON. M R. John Masefield in... | |
 | Essex (England) - 1921 - 304 pages
...doubtful whether he ever expected to be chronicled. Indeed, as he observes in his book on Jersey : — ' I may say, with Dr. Pope, in his celebrated moral song,' If a thousand years hence " here lies WP" Be found on my tombstone, what is it to me. ? ' ' Sic Transit gloria mundi ought to be a memento... | |
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I may say, with Dr. Pope, in his celebrated moral song, " If a thousand years hence here lies W. P, " Be found on my tombstone, what is it to me !" Sic transit gloria mundi ought to be a memento mori to every human being. 