 | 1749 - 690 pagina’s
...17. 0* a Mifer. Here lies father Sfargn, • Who dy'd to fave charges. »8. Anttber. By Shakefpear. Ten in the hundred lies here ingrav'd, 'Tis a hundred to ten his foul is not fav'd F If any man afk, who lies in this tomb t O ho ! quoth, the devil, 'fa my Jtbm a... | |
 | John Hackett - 1757 - 306 pagina’s
...Friends his Name adore. His Deeds fhall confecrate his Clay ; And what can Marlbro's more ? BECKJNGHAM. Ten in the Hundred lies here ingrav'd, 'Tis a Hundred to ten his Soul is not fkv'd ; If any Man aflc, who lies in this Tomb ? Oho ! quoth the Devil, 'tis my John a Comb. W. SHAKSPEAR.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1762 - 460 pagina’s
...thereabouts for his Wealth and Ufury : and upon whom Sbakefpeare made the following facetious Epitaph. Ten in the hundred lies here ingrav'd, 'Tis a hundred to ten his Soul is not fav 'd ; If any Man ajk who lies in this Tomb, Ob ! oh ! quoth the Devil, 'tis my John-a-Combe. This... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 494 pagina’s
...thereabouts for his wealth and ufury : and upon whom Sbakefpeare made the following facetious epitaph. Ten in the hundred lies here ingrav'd, 'Tis a hundred to ten his foul is not fav'd; If any man aflc who lies in this tomb, Oh ! oh, ! quoth the devil, 'tis my John-a-Cembe.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pagina’s
...immediately : upon which Shakspere gave him these four verses ; Ten in the hundred lies here engnto"dt ' Tis a hundred to ten his soul is not sav'd .• If any man ask, Who lies in this tomb ? OJil oh I quoth the devil, 'tis my John-a-Cmbe*. But * The Rev. Francis Peck, in his Mtmoirj of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pagina’s
...thereabouts for his wealth and ufury; and upon whorn Shakfpeare made the following facetious epitaph : " Ten in the hundred lies here ingrav'd, •• 'Tis a hundred to ten his foul is not fav'd ; " If any man afk, who lies in this tomb, " Oh l oh l quoth the devil, 'tis my John-a-Combe."... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1802 - 318 pagina’s
...immediately presented him with the following lines: — " Ten in the hundred lies here engrav'd, " Tis a hundred to ten his soul is not sav'd; " If any man ask, ' Who lies in this tomb ?' " Oh! oh! quoth the Devil, 'tis my John a Coomb." The epitaph upon the brother, whether called for... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pagina’s
...dead, he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakspeare gave him these four verses : " TEN IN THE HUNDRED lies here ingrav'd ; " 'Tis a hundred...sav'd : ' " If any man ask, Who lies in this tomb ? " Oh! oh! quoth the devil, 'tis my John-a- Combe. " But the sharpness of the satire is said to have... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pagina’s
...fagacious ufurer. THEOBALD. be done immediately ; upon which Shakfpeare gave him thefe four veiies : " Ten in the hundred lies here ingrav'd ;* " 'Tis a hundred to ten his foul is not fav'd : " If any man afk, Who lies in this tomb ? " Oh ! ho ! quoth the devil, 'tis my... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pagina’s
...immediately : upon which Shakespeare gave him these four verses ; Ten in the hundred lies here engrav'd, "Tis a hundred to ten his soul is not sav'd : If any man ask, Who lies in this tomb ! Oh ! oh ! quoth the devil, 'tis my John-a-Combe. But the sharpness of the satire is said to have... | |
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Shakespeare in a laughing manner, that he fancied he intended to write his epitaph, if he happened to outlive him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead, he... 
