 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...  English Men of Letters - Page 46edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | John Nichol - 1880 - 240 pages
...inscription on the monument that still remains in the gardens of Newstead — " Near this spot Arc deposited the remains of one Who possessed Beauty...without Ferocity, And all the virtues of Man without hig Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over human ashes, Is but a just... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - 762 pages
...Here 'sa heart for every fate. A monument in the garden of Newstead Abbey bears Byron's inscription : Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanitv, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man without his... | |
 | 1881 - 884 pages
...— and here he lies." The prose epitaph, not so widely known, may perhaps be quoted more fully : " Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who...just tribute to the memory of — Boatswain, a dog." No man who went not " in and out" with his dog could have written " The Twa Dogs." The poem is, first... | |
 | Young men's Catholic assoc - 1881 - 418 pages
...order to give Boatswain an opportunity of dragging him out. The prose epitaph of this dog runs thus : " Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who...just tribute to the memory of— Boatswain, a dog." INFINITE MERCY. NOR the greatness of the crime, Nor the shortness of the time, Nor death's agony extreme,... | |
 | 1878 - 822 pages
...WOULD BE UNMEANING FLATTERY IF INSI i;i::i:nu\ l,l; HUMAN ASHBS, IS BTTT A JUST TBIBtlTB TO THE MP.MOHV OF BOATSWAIN, A DOG, WHO WAS BORN AT NEWFOUNDLAND, MAY 1803, AND DIED AT NKWSTKAD ABBKY, NOVEMBER 18, l8og. Popular and praised as ' the Friend of Man ' is, the other view... | |
 | Genevieve Stebbins - 1885 - 348 pages
...the requirements. ' Man alone hops and halts, trudges and strides, limps and ambles. What says Byron? "Near this spot Are deposited the remains of one Who...a just tribute to the memory of Boatswain, a dog." Watch that restless crowd. Can you find me a human example? Appearing through the gleaming trees, with... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 252 pages
...Strength without Insolence, And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. Courage without Ferocity, This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If...human ashes Is but a just tribute to the Memory of Who was born at Newfoundland, May 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey, Nov. 18, 1808.'* BOATSWAIN, a Dog,... | |
 | 1885 - 782 pages
...and only friend. He sleeps under a marble slab at Newstead, which bears this noble epitaph : " Here are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty...strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and au the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if written... | |
 | 1904 - 1174 pages
...epitaph than the following, which was written by Lord Byron in regard to his dead Newfoundland: 'Neat this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed...Boatswain, a dog who was born at Newfoundland May 3, 1803, and died at Ncwstead Abbey November 18, 1808.' The dog has even Invaded the domain of art.... | |
 | Henry T. Finck - 1887 - 586 pages
...something much nobler and deeper than sarcasm on humanity in Byron's famous epitaph on his dog : — "Near this spot Are deposited the remains of one Who...Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of mau without his Vices." I wonder if Horwicz could read the following exquisite prose poem of Turgenieff... | |
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