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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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Researches in the south of Ireland, with an appendix [by J. Adams ...

Thomas Crofton Croker - 1824 - 442 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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Library for the people. (Division 1). The wonders of nature and art ..., Issue 2

Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...incription : — 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. He had three daughters ; Judith, the elder, was married to Mr. Thomas Quincy , by whom she had three...
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 69

History - 1828 - 924 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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Annual Register, Volume 69

Edmund Burke - History - 1828 - 946 pages
...— " Good Friends, for Jesus' sake ! forbear " To dig the dust enclosed her* ; " 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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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 12

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1832 - 624 pages
...himself: Good friend, for Jesus' sake, forbear To diffg the dust encloased here ; Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. STRATH, in Scotland, is generally understood to mean a valley broader than a dale or glen, which receives...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 67-68

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1829 - 936 pages
...are these : " 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." Dr. Parr, who died the other day, gave in his will, as is well known, the most minute details for the...
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Lion, Volume 3

1829 - 838 pages
...himself : — " 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 ! I know, by hearsay, that Shakspear was a very celebrated poet ; if, however, he was the greatest...
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London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 3

1829 - 888 pages
...does not say a word about the matter. When he directed to be put on his monument— " Blest be the man that spares these stones. And curst be he that moves my bones ;" it was manifestly in allusion to exhumation—йп evil dwelt upon in all the petitions to parliament,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...on his tomb : " 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." It were but folly to suppress) His pleasure, or his good alone, But squinting partly at my own. But...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 1

1831 - 460 pages
...:— " i.'oud Friend, for Jesus's sake forbeare, To digg the dust enclosed here ; Blesa'd be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones." Soon after his death, an elegant monument was erected to his memory, near his Grave, and in 1740, another,...
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