 | George Long - 1872 - 404 страници
...President. This is all : " Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious...freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." When our great taxmaster dies, who is perhaps not yet born, we will bury him with regal pomp in Westminster... | |
 | 1873 - 626 страници
...for his tombstone, written by himself, in which are the wnrds " Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." The truth probably is, that Jefferson gave to the Declaration of Independence its literary shape, the... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 страници
...correct, AT MONTICELLO, VA. Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. WILLIAM DOOARTH. Gamck's epitaph on Hogarth at Chiswick is well known That written by Dr. Johnson is... | |
 | Edward King - 1875 - 826 страници
...eight feet high, on which is the epitaph which he himself desired to have inscribed on his tomb : " Here Lies Buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration...Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia.'' The University at Charlottesville is Jefferson's noblest monument. So long as it endures, the admirers... | |
 | Edward King - 1875 - 820 страници
...eight feet high, on which is the epitaph which he himself desired to have inscribed on his tomb : " Here Lies Buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration...Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia." The University at Charlottesville is Jefferson's noblest monument So long as it endures, the admirers... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 страници
...correct. AT MONTICELLO, VA. Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. WILLIAM HOGARTH. G-arrick's epitaph on Hogarth at Chiswick is well known That written by Dr. Johnson... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1875 - 958 страници
...which bore the inscription : " Here is buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia." "It is," said Senator Chase, "an appropriate inscription, and worthily commemorates distinguished services.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Bowen - 1876 - 210 страници
...but political opponents. On a plain marble slab at Monticello is the following inscription: HERE LIES THOMAS JEFFERSON: Author of the Declaration of Independence;...Freedom; and Father of the University of Virginia. Benjamin Harrison, chairman of the Committee that reported the Declaration, was descended from the... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1876 - 894 страници
...himself for his tomb preferred to be remembered as the " author of the Declaration of Independence and of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the university of Virginia." The government of the university is vested in a board of visitors composed of a rector and eight members.... | |
 | Caroline Wells Healey Dall - 1876 - 306 страници
...Sophie. "What he wrote for his own tomb?" said Willie : " 'Author of the Declaration of Indc•pcndcncc, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.' " "You see," said mamma, "that he said nothing about being President. He ought to have added, however,... | |
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HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered. 
