 | Robert Weir Brown - 1881 - 348 страници
...deeply touched ; and the Jacobites celebrated the event in the following mock epitaph : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ! Had it been his...better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one could have missed her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation ; But since 'tis... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 страници
...the contemporary epitaph over him : — "Htrc lies Fred, Wlio was alive, and is dead. Hail il l>wn Ms father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother,...missed her. Had it been the whole generation. Still letter for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1881 - 864 страници
...iti lines which had more vitality thuti their subject ; for they still survive — " Here lies poor Fred. : Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his...father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother. Better than any other. I fad it boen his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole... | |
 | 1881 - 868 страници
...memory in lines which had more vitality than their subject ; for they still survive — " Here lies poor Fred. : Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his...father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother. Better than any other. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole... | |
 | Thomas E. Thoresby - 1881 - 514 страници
...never mentioned by George III. It is evident that the writer was no friend to Royalty : — " Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father, I had much rather ; Had it been his sister, no one would have missed her ; Had it been his brother, still better than another ; Had it... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 страници
...dead. Slill better than another. Had it been his father, Had it been his sister, 1 had much rather. No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Slill better for the nation, But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 страници
...to batter thnt 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... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 страници
...heavy load on thee ! CCXC. ON THE DEA TH OF PRINCE FREDERIC, GEORGE THE SECOND'S ELDEST SON. HERE lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead : Had it been his...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead, There 's no more to be said. To Mrs. Bishop, with tlie Present of a Knife. 163 CCXCI. TO MRS. BISHOP,... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1882 - 324 страници
...epitaph, and ran as follows : — ' Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father, We had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said.' The Prince's funeral, Doddington says, ' was far short of that for any son of a king.' The heralds... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1882 - 320 страници
...the verses set afloat at the time took the form of an epitaph, and ran as follows : — ' Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead ; Had it been his father, We had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No... | |
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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.... 
