 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 420 страници
...her grave an inscription which almost painfully reveals the intensity of his grief : — •" Here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful,...of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her." Cowper was but six years old when his mother died, and yet her loving care and her gentle attentions... | |
 | Alfred Rimmer - 1882 - 378 страници
...be seen on the wall opposite the tomb, on which is inscribed a record that the great poet was buried "in the same tomb upon which he has so feelingly recorded his grief at the loss of a beloved parent." What gives especial prominence to the Elegy here is, that Gray was himself an Etonian, and studied... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1883 - 866 страници
...Buckingham, and died in 1667. aged 66. In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful,...one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her. She died March llth, 1753, aged 67." A vicar of Stoke, who died in 1780, and doubtless, read the funeral... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1883 - 366 страници
...having stood over his dust. Here is the inscription he put upon his mother's grave : " Dorothy Gray. The careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her." The touch in the last words, " the misfortune to survive her ! " — Carlyle's words upon his wife's... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 422 страници
...his mother, which runs thus : — in the same pious confidence beside her sister and faithful friend sleep the remains of DOROTHY GRAY Widow, the careful tender Mother of many children, of whom one only had the misfortune to It may be observed that this reading differs in several respects... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1885 - 414 страници
...Elegy,' to the east of the church, and under a stone bearing his touching testimony that she was ' The careful tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.' Gray, at his own request, rests his head upon the lap of earth by her side. GEOEGE GEOTE. 1794-1871.... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1885 - 384 страници
...Elegy,' to the east of the church, and under a stone bearing his touching testimony that she was ' The careful tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.' Gray, at his own request, rests his head upon the lap of earth by her side. GEOEGE GEOTE. 1794-1871.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1885 - 164 страници
...son composed for her tomb : — In the same pious confidence, beside her sister and faithful friend, sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful tender mother of many children, of whom one only had the misfortune to survive her. She died March II, 1753, aged 67 '. His surviving... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1885 - 428 страници
...his mother, which runs thus : — in the same pious confidence beside her sister and faithful friend sleep the remains of DOROTHY GRAY Widow, the careful tender Mother of many children, of whom one only had the misfortune to It may be observed that this reading differs in several respects... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1886 - 176 страници
...Gray lost his mother, upon whose grave he placed this inscription : BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW; THE CAREFUL...ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. Poetry," and " The Bard." In the year 1756, he left Peter House, and "migrated" to Pembroke Hall, where... | |
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In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her. 
