 | English essays - 1749 - 690 pages
...foftly, I entreat you ; For if he chance to wake, be fure he'll eat you. »c. On Sir John Vanburgh. Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. •6. Here lies the body of Tbmat Small, 'r ••/..;• r /.A weaver, and that's all. 17. 0*... | |
 | Voltaire - English literature - 1760 - 300 pages
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbru*bt has thefe lines : *« Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee* H 2 SIR SIR John having taken a tour into Trance before the glorious war that broke out in 1701,... | |
 | 1764 - 164 pages
...Afpeft ; the feeming Weight of which occa- • iioned this Epitaph on the Architect Sir John Vanlrugh. Lie heavy on him, Earth ! for He Laid many a heavy Load on thee. The South Front is lefs loaded with Ornament ; on it is a Bufto of Louis XIV. taken from the... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Gardening - 1782 - 324 pages
...Vanbrngh died at Whitehall March 26, 1726. In his chara&er of architect, Dr. Evans bpftowed on himthi* epitaph, Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. ROBE £ TI, An architeft, who built the ftaircafe at Coudray, the lord Montacute's j Pelegrinr... | |
 | English essays - 1764 - 804 pages
...VanbrugH died at Whitehall March 16, 1716. In his character of architect, Dr. Evans beftowe d on him this epitaph, Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. fttritJares oa tie Merit of Cooper, a Miniature Painter in the Reign o/ Char. II. and an the... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1786 - 516 pages
...concludes his account of Sit John, with Dr. Evans's epitaph on him, in his chara&eJ of architect. ' . ' . Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. Utfopra. TAT. N° 13. p. 140. -Kate, add, See KALM'S " Travels, £c." TAT. Hid. p. 144. Note,... | |
 | [Gebhard] Friedrich August Wendeborn - Great Britain - 1791 - 372 pages
...tafte. Luckily, this folly, together wiih that of furnifhing houfes in the Chinefe way, has fubfided. * Lie heavy on him earth ! for he, Laid many a heavy load on thee. There There are here and there many good modern buildings to be met with in London; but they... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1795 - 684 pages
...acutely, « fhould apply to the be ft landfcape-painter you " know." The epftaph made for Sir John, Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee, is remembered more on account of its point than of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 430 pages
...very acutely, " fhould apply to the beft landfcape-painter you " know." The epitaph made for Sir John, Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee, is remembered more on. account of its point thaij of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...her crvß (hall be rais'J, On Sir "John Fvnbrugb, the Poet and АгсЪ'пеЯ. ßj D,: EVASS. T IE heavy on him, earth ! for he *-* Laid many a heavy load on thee. PoßhumoM Fame. A Monflcr, in a cmirfc of vice grown old, ^*- Leaves to his gaping heir his ill-... | |
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Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings. 
