 | 1749 - 690 pagine
...foftly, I entreat you ; For if he chance to wake, be fure he'll eat you. »c. On Sir John Vanburgh. Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. •6. Here lies the body of Tbmat Small, 'r ••/..;• r /.A weaver, and that's all. 17. 0* a Mifer.... | |
 | Voltaire - 1760 - 300 pagine
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbru*bt has thefe lines : *« Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee* H 2 SIR SIR John having taken a tour into Trance before the glorious war that broke out in 1701, was... | |
 | Voltaire - 1760 - 300 pagine
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbrugh, has thefe lines : Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thée. Hz SIR SIR John having taken a tour into France before the glorious war that bioke out in 1701,... | |
 | 1764 - 164 pagine
...Afpeft ; the feeming Weight of which occa- • iioned this Epitaph on the Architect Sir John Vanlrugh. Lie heavy on him, Earth ! for He Laid many a heavy Load on thee. The South Front is lefs loaded with Ornament ; on it is a Bufto of Louis XIV. taken from the Citadel... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1782 - 324 pagine
...died at Whitehall March 26, 1726. In his chara&er of architect, Dr. Evans bpftowed on himthi* epitaph, Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. ROBE £ TI, An architeft, who built the ftaircafe at Coudray, the lord Montacute's j Pelegrinr painted... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1786 - 516 pagine
...concludes his account of Sit John, with Dr. Evans's epitaph on him, in his chara&eJ of architect. ' . ' . Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. Utfopra. TAT. N° 13. p. 140. -Kate, add, See KALM'S " Travels, £c." TAT. Hid. p. 144. Note, aJfaem,... | |
 | [Gebhard] Friedrich August Wendeborn - 1791 - 372 pagine
...tafte. Luckily, this folly, together wiih that of furnifhing houfes in the Chinefe way, has fubfided. * Lie heavy on him earth ! for he, Laid many a heavy load on thee. There There are here and there many good modern buildings to be met with in London; but they are too... | |
 | 1794 - 614 pagine
...confpicuous as to become almoft proverbial; and which procured for him the following well-known epitaph: " Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he " Laid many a heavy load on thce." Let us attend to what is here boldly urged in his favour: • Sir John Vanbrugh has long been... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 pagine
...replied Sir John very acutely, " fhould apply to the beft landfcape-painter you " know." The epitaph made for Sir John, Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he...thee, is remembered more on. account of its point thaij of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs ar^ the requifites to fublimity in Architecture;... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pagine
...her crvß (hall be rais'J, On Sir "John Fvnbrugb, the Poet and АгсЪ'пеЯ. ßj D,: EVASS. T IE heavy on him, earth ! for he *-* Laid many a heavy load on thee. PoßhumoM Fame. A Monflcr, in a cmirfc of vice grown old, ^*- Leaves to his gaping heir his ill- j^îin'd... | |
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Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings. 
