 near the village of Dauphigny ; this would suit me nicely ; you know it well, for I have often said that I should like to be buried there ; and let me beg of you, as you value your old friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any...  The Christian Life, Social and Individual - Страница 152написао/ла Peter Bayne - 1855 - 528 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | John Stoughton - 1884 - 416 страница
...would suit me nicely ; you know it well, for I have often said I should like to be buried there. And let me beg of you, as you value your old friend, not...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." He further requested that the burial service of the Church of England should be read over his remains.... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1890 - 676 страница
...now carried on in Russian prisons. Looking forward to his death Howard said: "Give me no monument; but lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." But such a self-denying benefactor of humanity cannot be forgotten. His was the first statue set up... | |
 | 1892 - 824 страница
...Trésor, d'un monument digne d'Howard. Avant de mourir, Howard avait dit : « Give me no monument, but lay me quietly in the earth ; place a sundial over my grave, and let me he forgouen. » Une telle volonté ne pouvait être exaucée: l'humanité tout entière eût protesté!... | |
 | George Smith - 1895 - 418 страница
...when ministering to a fever-stricken girl sixteen years before, exclaiming, " Give me no monument, but lay me quietly in the earth ; place a sundial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." His dust now lies near the village of Dauphigny, on the road to St. Nicolas, and his statue is in St.... | |
 | 1898 - 654 страница
...friend, admiral Prestman, and asked that no " monument or monumental inscription whatsoever be made to mark where I am laid; but lay me quietly in the...a sun-dial over my grave and let me be forgotten." It seemed impossible for this request to be granted, for he was one whom all the world delights to... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1900 - 456 страница
...who was by his bedside he marked a spot in a churchyard in Dauphiny, where he wished to be buried. " Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sundial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." But the noble Howard will not be forgotten so long as the memory of man lasts. He was the benefactor... | |
 | American Correctional Association - 1900 - 422 страница
...grace to do our duty. IN CONCLUSION. The great Howard, good as he was great, dying in 1789, said : " Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave and let me be forgotten." But such lives can never be forgotten. No good life is ever lost. It lives again in the larger movements... | |
 | Mrs. Alfred Gatty - 1900 - 596 страница
...buried. Suffer no pomp to be used at my funeral, no monument to mark the spot where I am laid, but put me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Sir William Temple ordered that his heart should be placed in a silver case and deposited under the... | |
 | Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson - 1902 - 262 страница
...as you value your old friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any monument or monumental inscription whatsoever to mark where I...sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten." Priestman went off, at his request, to make arrangements with the owner of the spot indicated ; and... | |
 | National Prison Association of the United States. Congress - 1900 - 420 страница
...grace to do our duty. IN CONCLUSION. The great Howard, good as he was great, dying in 1789, said : " Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave and let me be forgotten." But such lives can never be forgotten. No good life is ever lost. It lives again in the larger movements... | |
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