 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 страници
...ancestors, of whom Horace Walpole preserved, and uerhaps, wrote the following epitaph:— "Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his father, I'd much rather. Had it been his mother, Better than another. Had it been his sister, Nobody would... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 624 страници
...the event in briefer, perhaps in truer elegies, than those of men of the cloister : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his father,...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said." ii. [The " Battle" referred to in the next letter,* was the Battle of Minden. " Lord George," of course,... | |
 | 1897 - 656 страници
...concluded without the famous epitaph which is his best remembered mark in history : Here lies Fred, \Vho was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father, I...alive and is dead — There's no more to be said. ALISON BUCKLER. PICKWICKIANA. T)ERHAPS no English book has so materially increased the J_ general gaiety... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 346 страници
...however, sang in less courtly strain : " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been Ms father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother,...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said." George II. was sterner to his son, and once expressed himself so far from desiring the prince's recovery... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 страници
...Lived without hope, And died by a rope. ON THE DEATH OF FREDERIC, ELDEST SON OF GEORGE II. HERE lies Fred., Who was alive and is dead : Had it been his...another : Had it been his sister, No one would have miss'd her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation : But since 'tis only Fred.,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 страници
...batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — * " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said." The widow with eight children round her, prudently reconciled herself with the King, and won the old... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 страници
...to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said." The widow with eight children round her, prudently reconciled herself with the King, and won the old... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 страници
...to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said." The widow with eight children round her, prudently reconciled herself with the King, and won the old... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 страници
...to batter that forgotten grave, but acquiesce in the contemporary epitaph over him : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said." The widow with eight children round 'her, prudently reconciled herself with the King, and won the old... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1869 - 632 страници
...died almost immediately. The bitter Jacobite epitaph upon him was only too just: Here lies Fred, \Vho was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I...her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better tor the nation ; But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.... | |
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Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation.... 
