The Complete Monumental Register:: Containing All the Epitaphs, Inscriptions, &c. &c. &c. in the Different Churches and Burial-grounds, in and about Calcutta; Including Those of the Burial-grounds of Howrah, Dum-dum, Barrasut, Barrackpore, Pultah, Serampore, Chandernagore, Chinsurah, and the Convent of Bandel. Together with Several Inscriptions from the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay, Isle of France, &c. to which is Added Short Sketches, Anecdotes &c. &c. Illustrative of the Public Services, General Characters, and Virtues of Th Edead [sic].P. Ferris., 1815 - 230 pages |
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... Tribute of Love and Respect , we can pay to a departed Friend . A Record of this kind may also frequently be found of Importance as a Reference in Cases where more immediate Information as to the Date and Place of the Demise is not ...
... Tribute of Love and Respect , we can pay to a departed Friend . A Record of this kind may also frequently be found of Importance as a Reference in Cases where more immediate Information as to the Date and Place of the Demise is not ...
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... tribute to his Memory This Monument is erected by his Affectionate Wife Sarah Stephenson . Here lies the body of MRS . MARTHA GOODLAD , who departed this Life 21st March 1785 , Aged twenty three . F If ever tears deservedly were shed ...
... tribute to his Memory This Monument is erected by his Affectionate Wife Sarah Stephenson . Here lies the body of MRS . MARTHA GOODLAD , who departed this Life 21st March 1785 , Aged twenty three . F If ever tears deservedly were shed ...
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... tribute a kiud husband gives Whose heart is torn , is wretched while he lives , And only prays one day to reach that shore To meet his MARTHA , and to part no more . To the Memory of JAMES ROBERT WADESON , Aged 27 years , died the 11th ...
... tribute a kiud husband gives Whose heart is torn , is wretched while he lives , And only prays one day to reach that shore To meet his MARTHA , and to part no more . To the Memory of JAMES ROBERT WADESON , Aged 27 years , died the 11th ...
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... heart . This Monument the tribute of Affection , Was erected by a Friend In Memory of MRS . ANNE CHAMPION , who died on the 22d of October MDCCXCI , Aged 28 years , In Memory of MR . PETER BERRY who departed this 46 The Complete.
... heart . This Monument the tribute of Affection , Was erected by a Friend In Memory of MRS . ANNE CHAMPION , who died on the 22d of October MDCCXCI , Aged 28 years , In Memory of MR . PETER BERRY who departed this 46 The Complete.
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... Tribute to Departed Worth is offered . Sacred To the Memory of JOHN KENNEDY , ESQ . Assistant Surgeon Who Died December 1802 . His Death has deprived his profession And Society of one of their greatest Ornaments And numerous Friends ...
... Tribute to Departed Worth is offered . Sacred To the Memory of JOHN KENNEDY , ESQ . Assistant Surgeon Who Died December 1802 . His Death has deprived his profession And Society of one of their greatest Ornaments And numerous Friends ...
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affectionate Husband affectionate Wife afflicted Aged 23 Aged 24 Aged 26 Aged 28 Aged 32 Aged 38 Aged 42 amiable Anno Domini April ARTHUR HASTINGS August Barrackpore beloved Benevolence Blessed Born Calcutta Chandernagore Charles Weston Chinsurah Church CLAUD MARTIN Cuddalore death December departed died at Calcutta died the 28th died the 3d disconsolate Husband duties East India Company esteem Etat Etatis Fort St Fort William Honorable Company's Honorable East India interred the Body January July June KIERNANDER lamented late lie the Remains lies the Body lieth the Body Lord loss Love March MARIA Memory of CAPT Memory of CAPTAIN Memory of JOHN Memory of MASTER Memory of MISS Memory of THOMAS Memory of WILLIAM Months Monument is erected November Novr Obiit Obit October Portuguese regretted ROBERT rupees Sacred Sept September Sir Eyre Coote Sir William Jones Stone suæ Tomb Tomb Stones tribute Virtues Widow
Popular passages
Page 98 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 71 - Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Page 208 - I repeat, that he will die if he does not leave off his studies and remain quiet.' —
Page 89 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 24 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 208 - His memory was most tenacious, and he sometimes loaded it with lumber. When he was at Mysore, an argument occurred upon a point of English history ; it was agreed to refer it to Leyden, and, to the astonishment of all parties, he repeated verbatim the whole of an act of parliament in the reign of James relative to Ireland, which decided the point in dispute.
Page 1 - Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream ; An empty tale ; a morning flower, Cut down and wither'd in an hour.
Page 200 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 135 - On me, more justly number'd with the dead. This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave! This is Creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom; The land of apparitions, empty shades! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Page 209 - Wha dar meddle wi' me, who dar meddle wi' me,' Several of those who witnessed this scene looked at him as one that was • raving in the delirium of a fever. " These anecdotes will display more fully than any description I can give, the lesser shades of the character of this extraordinary man. An external manner, certainly not agreeable, and a disposition to egotism, were his only defects. How trivial do (these appear, at a moment when we are lamenting the loss of such a rare combination of virtues,...