 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....  Belgravia - Page 465by Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1868Full view - About this book
 | 680 pages
...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...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. t Some traditions of Fred still linger about Epsom. An obelisk (the flint of which went to face St.... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...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...alive and is dead, — There's no more to be said. Many of the anecdotes scattered over the epitome of Parliamentary debates, and the history of political... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...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...alive and is dead, — There's no more to be said. IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CHURCH, Upon a rudely-sculptured monumeot, near the tomb of Shaktpeare. Hie... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 pages
...been his broiher, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said. Georgeon Era. ,. -Adelphi-Ривг««- before Seven.— Surrey-Sadler's Welb-J/aí/pwí Stx. Cobwg-^erífr... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 266 pages
...been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have miss'd her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said !" Walpole says, his chief passion was women ; and that, like the taste of his family, beauty did not... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1857 - 672 pages
...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...alive and is dead — There's no more to be said. Terse and expressive, this elegy, without respect of persons. Racy enough, whatever its offences against... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...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...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. Some traditions of Fred still linger about Epsom. An obelisk (the flint of which went to face St. Martin's... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 522 pages
...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...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead — There is no more to be said." — E. 3 The Duke of Cumberland, by his friends styled the HeroofCuLV... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 618 pages
...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...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead — There is no more to be said." — E. well ! " — he replied, " I feel something here, just as... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 546 pages
...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...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead — There is no more to be said." — E. The Houses sit, but no business will be done,till after the... | |
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