A Select Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, with Anecdotes of Distinguished and Estraordinary Persons (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ...scenes, And shrink from death by such opprobious means. O my lov'd Rachael name for ever dear, Nor writ, nor spoke, nor thought without a tear Whose heav'nly virtues, and unfading charms, Have bkss'd through happy years my peaceful anus, Parting with thee, into my cup was thrown, It's harshest dregs else had not forc'd a groan: But all is o'er--these eyes have gaz'd their last, And now the bitterness of death is past. The carl of Dartmouth told the king, the pardoning of lord T'msell would lay an eternal obligation upon a very great nntl;iumerons family, sind the taking his life away would never be foT;;oituUi and hb fallicr being alive, it would have very lilUe effect opon the rest of the family besides resentments; antl certainly there was some regard due to lord Southampton's daughter and her children. The king answered---" All that is true; but it is as true, that if I do not take his fife, he will-soon have mine;" which would admit of no reply. It is highly improbable that Charles had in truth any such groundless apprehensions The earl of Bedford, it is also to he remarked, petitioned in vain, as did lord Rnssell himself, -in compliance with the request of his friends, rather than his own inclination. The execution was performed not on Tower-hill, the common place of execution' for men of high rank, but in Lincoln's-imi fields, in order that the citizens might be humbled by the spectacle of their once triumphant leader, carried in hi- coach to death through the city--a device which, like most others of the kind, produced an effect contrary to what was intended. The multitude imagined they beheld virtue and liberty sitting by his side. In passing, he looked towards Southampton-house; the tear started in his eye, but he instantly wiped...