 | Naval art and science - 1870 - 736 pages
...of his funeral — injunctions which were carried out to the very letter — he thus continues : " ' I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb. I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | James Panton Ham - 1870 - 86 pages
...own words, extracted from his will, dated May 12th, 1869, but you can bear to hear them again : — " I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb. I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1870 - 24 pages
...strictly private manner" of his funeral, which were carried out to the very letter, he thus continues : " I direct that my name be inscribed "in plain English letters on my tomb. .... " I conjure my friends on no account to make me the " subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - Authors, English - 1870 - 170 pages
...manner of his funeral — injunctions which were carried out to the letter — he thus continues : — " I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb. I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - Novelists, English - 1870 - 120 pages
...funeral — injunctions which have been carried out to the very letter — he thus continues : " ' / direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb. I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Artists - 1871 - 532 pages
...attend my funeral wear no scarf, cloak, black bow, long hatband, or other such revolting absurdity. I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English...any monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever." It was a good example he thus set to society. May it be followed universally, so that the loathsome... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - Novelists, English - 1872 - 502 pages
...private manner' of his funeral, which were carried out to the very letter, he thus continues : — ' I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | John Forster - Novelists, English - 1873 - 528 pages
...these words were written. "I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb ... I conjure my friends on no account to make me the...monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever. I rest my claim to the remembrance of my country on my published works, and to the remembrance of my friends... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - Authors, English - 1873 - 90 pages
...private manner ' of his funeral, which were carried out to the very letter, he thus continues : — 'I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb. ... I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
 | John Forster - Novelists, English - 1873 - 516 pages
...at its close in the language of his will. Twelve months before his death, these words were written. "I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb ... I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial... | |
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I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial or testimonial whatever. 
