 In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.  The American Whig Review - Page 311851Full view - About this book
 | History - 1791 - 632 pages
...fame pious confidence, Befide her friend and lifter, , Here deep the remains of Dorothy Gray, Widow, the careful tender mother Of many children, one of whom alone Had the misfortune to furvive her. She died, March n, 1753, Aged 67. Mr. Mafon obferves, that this infcription has a peculiar... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...fame pious confidence, Befide her friend and fifler, Here fleep the remains of Dorotby Gray, Widow, the careful tender mother Of many children, one of whom alone Had the misfortune to furvive her. She died March xi. M,DCC,LIII. Aged LXVII. The lines, in which Pope has cxprcffed his... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 266 pages
...SAME PIOUS CONFIDENCE, BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. SHE DIED MARCH XI. MDCCLIII. AGED LXVII. About three years afterward (1756) some young men of the College,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...SAME PIOUS CONFIDENCE, BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. SHE DIED MARCH XI. MDCCLIII. About three years afterward (1756) some young men of the College, whose... | |
 | John Aikin - 1803 - 768 pages
...ordinary pleasures by her death, the sentiment expressed in a passage of the epitaph he wrote for her, " tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her," appears exaggerated, unless it be meant as a declaration of his general disgust with existence, which... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...SAME PIOUS CONFIDENCE, BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER. DIED MARCH XI. MDCCLIII. AGED LXVII. t About three years afterward (1756) some young men of the College,... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 472 pages
...airs, n'étonnent que les fous et les enfans. GR A Y. Here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, "Widow, the careful tender mother, Of many children, one of whom alone Had the misfortune to survive her. * JL ELLE est l'épitaphe simple et touchante que Gray composa pour sa mère ; elle donne une idée... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...SAME PIOUS CONFIDENCE, BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SISTER, HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HEU. SHE DIED MARCH XI. MDCCLHI. AGED LXVII. LETTER XVIII. MR. GRAY TO MR. MASON. Durham, Dec. 26,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...acted at Covent Garden. Beside her Friend and Sister, Here sleep the Remains of DOROTHY GRAY, Widow ; the careful tender Mother Of many Children ; one of whom alone Had the Misfortune to survive her. She died March xi. MDCCLIII. Aged LXXII.* It is usually supposed that Gray's ' Ode on the Progress... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful tender mother of many children : ONE of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her. She died March 11, 1753, aged 67." The latter sentiment, evidently diclated by an excess of filial... | |
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