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" After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the ... - Page lvi
by James Boswell - 1888
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Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes in the War of ...

Samuel Putnam Waldo - Presidents - 1823 - 418 pages
...that Republic you will never die. The motto of these great men may well be — " After my death, 1 wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith." This letter may be said to be " multum in parvo." Thii Doctor of Laws probes the wounds of the colonies...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...in their lives, Live registered upon our brazen tombs, And then grace us in the disgrace of death. After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. 0, your desert speaks loud ; and I should wrong it, To lock it in the wards of covert bosom, When it...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God. Kalh, After my de.ath I wish no other herald, No other speaker...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me, With thy religious truth, and modesty, Now in his ashes...
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The Plays, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 pages
...little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God, Rath. After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me, With thy religious truth, and modesty, Now in his ashes...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 6

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 444 pages
...little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven. Kath. After my death, I wish no other herald, No other speaker...from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Cromwell : Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me, With thy religious truth and modesty, Now in...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God. Kath. After my death I wish no other herald, \o other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me, With thy religious truth, and modesty, Now in his ashes...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 442 pages
...January. 1761. Preface to the Gentleman's Magazine. Criticism on Moore's Gil Bias. 1754. Preface. AC c AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER...HONEST CHRONICLER AS GRIFFITH*. SHAKSPEARE, Henry the Eighth. * See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale, dated Ostick in Skie, September 30, 1773. "...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God. Katli. After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Whom I most hated living, thou hast made mer With thy religious truth, and modesty, Now in his ashes...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing Heaven. Kath. After my death, I wish no other herald, No other speaker...from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Cromwell: Whom I most hated living, them hast made me, With thy religious truth and modesty, E Now...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 484 pages
...— ' May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ?' Kutli. After my death I wish DO other herald, No other speaker of my living actions,...corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me, With thy religious truth, and modesty, Now in his ashes...
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