| Walter Besant, Geraldine Edith Mitton - 1902 - 156 страници
...monument to King Theodore of Corsica, and a small crown on the stone marks his rank. King Theodore died in this parish December 11, 1756, immediately...the Act of Insolvency, in consequence of which he re25 gistered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. His epitaph was written by Horace... | |
| Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia - 1902 - 738 страници
...to him near the spot, inscribed "Theodore, King of Corsica, who died in this Parish, December nth, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench prison by the benefit of an Act of Insolvency, in consequence of which he registered his Kingdom of Corsica for the use of his... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1903 - 492 страници
...acknowledged his title ! Here is the inscription ; over it is a crown exactly copied from his coin : Near this place is interred Theodore, King of Corsica, Who died in this parish Dec. 11, 1756, Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency,... | |
| Frederic William Unger - 1904 - 216 страници
...liberation from the King's Bench Prison, and is buried in the churchyard of St. Anne's, Westminster.) Near this place is interred Theodore, King of Corsica ; Who died in this parish Dec. 11, the King's Bench Prison, by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency ; In consequence of which... | |
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 522 страници
...memory with an epitaph obligingly contributed by the Hon. Horace Walpole, since Earl of Orford. Near this place is interred THEODORE KING OF CORSICA who died in this parish Dec. 11, 1756 immediately after leaving The King's Bench Prison by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1906 - 572 страници
...acknowledged his title ! Here is the inscription ; over it is a crown exactly copied from his coin : Near tins place is interred Theodore King of Corsica, Who died in this parish Dec. 11, 1756, Immediately after leaving the King's-Bench Prison. By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency,... | |
| George Renwick - 1909 - 472 страници
...Church, underneath which the King was buried. The inscription on the tablet is as follows : — "Near this place is interred THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA, Who died in this parish, December nth, 1756, Immediately after leaving The King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency,... | |
| Charles Hemstreet, Marie Mumford Meinell Hemstreet - 1910 - 226 страници
...poverty. On the outer wall of the church the tablet erected by Horace Walpole can yet be deciphered: Near this place is interred Theodore, King of Corsica, who died in this parish, December n, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency,... | |
| Charles George Harper - 1924 - 268 страници
...Walpole, that amateur of the quaint and curious, to whom this history must strongly have appealed : Near this place is interred THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA, who died in this parish, Dec. nth, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 878 страници
...memory with an epitaph obligingly contributed by the Hon. Horace Walpole, since Earl of Orford. Near this place is interred THEODORE KING OF CORSICA who died in this parish Dec. 11, 1756 immediately after leaving The King's Bench Prison by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency... | |
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