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" Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here ; Blessed be he that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. "
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - Page 217
1832
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern ...

Epitaphs - 1822 - 382 pages
...capital letters. Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones ; And curst be he that moves my bones. On MR. COOMBE, a gentleman in IVarwiekthirt, and noted for practising usury. Ten in the hundred lies...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 69

Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1823 - 926 pages
...• • Good Friends, for Jesus' sake ! forbear " To dig the dust enclosed here ; " Blest be the man that spares these stones, " And curst be he that moves my bones," was sung by amateur vocalists, the music by Dignum. The procession, at the termination of divine service,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: The author's life ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...underneath is, Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. He had three daughters, of which two lived to be married ; Judith, the elder, to one Mr. Thomas Quiney,...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...which seems natural to fine sensibilities and thoughtful minds : Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be he that spares these stone«, And curst be he that moves my bones. Just over the grave, in a niche of the wall, is a bust...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1

1823 - 494 pages
...barbarous : " " Good Frend for Jesus Sake forbeare To digg the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." We shall conclude our notice of Shakspeare's House, by a correct fac-simile of the hand-writing, and...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...the grave : " Good frend, for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased here ; Blese be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." Within seven years a monument, executed with no mean skill by an unknown artist, was erected to his...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...of the grave: "Good frend, for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased here; Blese be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. " Within seven years a monument, executed with no mean skill by an unknown artist, was erected to his...
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Researches in the South of Ireland: Illustrative of the Scenery ...

Thomas Crofton Croker - Ireland - 1824 - 448 pages
...of Shakspeare's threatening epitaph would be the consequence of the violation : " Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." A party of soldiers were brought from Limerick for the purpose, who soon completed the work, and "...
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The Oxford entertaining miscellany, or, weekly magazine

1824 - 56 pages
...underneath is — "Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust inclosed here, Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. This is what can be learned of any note relating to him ; the character of the man is best seen in...
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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson and Stevens [sic ...

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...ie, , " Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. '/V¡ Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." He had three daughters, of which two lived to be married ; Judith, the elder, to one Mr. Thomas Quiney,...
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