قراءة كتاب Funny Epitaphs
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My cousin Jane and two uncles dear;
My father perished with an inflammation in his thighs
And my sister dropped down dead in the Minories;
But the reason why I'm here interr'd, according to my thinking,
Is owing to my good living and hard drinking.
If, therefore, good Christians, you wish to live long,
Don't drink too much wine, brandy, gin, or anything strong.
The celebrated Daniel Lambert's epitaph, St. Martin's, Stamford Baron, England:
Altus in animo, in corpore maximus.
In remembrance of that prodigy in Nature,
DANIEL LAMBERT.
A native of Leicester, who was possessed of an exalted, convivial mind;
and in personal greatness had no competitor;
He measured 3 ft. 1 in. round the legs, 9 ft. 4 in. round the body,
and weighed 52 st. 11 lb.
He departed this life on the 21st June, 1809,
Aged 39 years.
As a testimony of respect, this stone is erected by his friend in Leicester.
He cuts a caper, and down he goes.
John Knott, of Sheffield, England:
His father was Knott before him,
He lived Knott, and did Knott die,
Yet underneath this stone doth lie.
In a French cemetery there are the following concise inscriptions on one tombstone. The epitaph is on husband and wife:
I am anxiously expecting you.—A. D. 1827.
Here I am!—A. D. 1867.
GOVERNOR STOUGHTON.
Devout in religion,
Renowned for virtue,
Famous for erudition,
Acute in judgment.
An old man:
Till I arrived at eighty-two;
Then calm descended here to rest
In hopes to be forever blest.
Hackett to the author of Dr. Mead's epitaph:
Why, egad, sir, you've hit it off there to a tittle;
Yet, friend, his awaking I very much doubt—
Pluto knows who he's got, and will ne'er let him out.
Oldtown, Maine:
ORONO, AN INDIAN CHIEF, 1801.
Lie the last relics of old