 Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over Human...  Temple Bar - Page 201edited by - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - Authors, English - 1890 - 488 pages
...Newfoundland, died of rabies, and was buried in the garden at Newstead. Byron erected a monument over him, to one " Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength...Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices." Moore tells this story of Boatswain: "Mrs. Byron had a fox-terrier, called G-ilpin, with whom her son's... | |
 | W. Beatty-Kingston - English essays - 1890 - 394 pages
...Boatswain," still visible at Newstead, would be felicitously applicable to "the remains of one who possessed strength without insolence, courage without ferocity,...and all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - Dogs - 1893 - 388 pages
...poem was inscribed on the dog's monument in the gardens of Newstead below the following words : — Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who...And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over human ashes, Is but a just tribute to the... | |
 | John Morley - Authors, English - 1894 - 468 pages
...lies ;" — and the inscription on the monument that still remains in the gardens of Newstead — 3* " Near this spot Are deposited the remains of one Who...And all the virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over human ashes, Is but a just tribute to the... | |
 | 1894 - 706 pages
...the inscription on the monument that still remains in the gardens of Newstead,— Near this spot Arc deposited the remains of one Who possessed Beauty...And all the virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over human ashes, Is but a just tribute to the... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Authors, American - 1896 - 414 pages
...principal ornaments of the garden of Newstead Abbey, and upon it may be read this inscription : — " Near this spot Are deposited the remains of one Who...And all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Authors, American - 1896 - 414 pages
...principal ornaments of the garden of Newstead Abbey, and upon it may be read this inscription : — " Near this spot Are deposited the remains of one Who...And all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poets, English - 1896 - 506 pages
...in the garden at Newstead, under a famous inscription : — Near this spot Arc deposited the Remams of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength...And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over human ashes, t Is but a just tribute to... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - Animals in literature - 1896 - 170 pages
...will find a marked monument with this tribute : NEAR THIS SPOT ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF ONE THAT POSSESSED BEAUTY, WITHOUT VANITY, STRENGTH, WITHOUT...AND ALL THE VIRTUES OF MAN, WITHOUT HIS VICES. THIS PRAISE, WHICH WOULD BE UNMEANING FLATTERY IF INSCRIBED OVER HUMAN ASHES, IS BUT A JUST TRIBUTE TO THE... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...which bears the following tribute and epitaph : " Near this spot Are deposited the remains of One that possessed beauty without vanity, Strength without...And all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which would be If inscribed over human ashes, Is but a just tribute To the memory of Boatswain,... | |
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