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" He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive... "
History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby - Page 221
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876
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The Historians' History of the World: England, 1485-1642

Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 744 pages
...; for what he minded he compassed. He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of...wish he did the like in this monument of his fame. 9 (1S09A.D.] [1509 AD] HALLAM ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS OF THE REIGN It has been usual to speak...
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The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative ..., Volume 24

Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 690 pages
...himself; for what he minded he compassed. He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of...could wish he did the like in this monument of his fame.0 [1509 AD] HALLAM ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS OF THE REIGN It has been usual to speak of this...
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Notes from a Diary: 1896 to January 23, 1901, Volume 1

Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1905 - 352 pages
...and for the Sepulcher. So that hee dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tombe, than hee did alive in Richmond or any of his palaces. I could...wish he did the like in this monument of his fame." 9. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye came down yesterday to shoot. Talking of his own name he told...
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Notes from a Diary: 1896 to January 23, 1901, Volume 1

Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - Great Britain - 1905 - 362 pages
...and for the Sepulcher. So that hee dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tombe, than hee did alive in Richmond or any of his palaces. I could...wish he did the like in this monument of his fame." 9. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye came down yesterday to shoot. Talking of his own name he told...
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Napoleon's Notes on English History: Made on the Eve of the ..., Volume 41

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - Grande-Bretagne - 1905 - 400 pages
..." History of King Henry VII. " : " He was born at Pembroke Castle, and lies buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of...both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwclleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his...
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Baconiana

1905 - 286 pages
...literature " will do too. 6. Alluding to the concluding words in Bacon's " History of Henry VII.": "So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive at Richmond, or any of his palaces. I could wish he did the like in this monument of his fame" (Works...
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The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of ...

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher - Great Britain - 1906 - 552 pages
...fifty-two. "He was born," says his great biographer, "at Pembroke Castle, and lieth buried at Westminster in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of...Europe both for the chapel and for the sepulchre." The monument which Bacon has raised to the first of the Tudors need fear no comparison with the superb...
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Essay on Lord Clive

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 294 pages
...£1000, equivalent now to about $30,000. Bacon says that he (Henry VII) " lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of...he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces." 1. 9. John Burgoyne was member of Parliament from Midhurst. He was the General Burgoyne that surrendered...
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Baconiana

1908 - 304 pages
...English : ' He was born at Pembroke Castle, and lieth buried at Westminster in one of the statliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel...alive in Richmond or any of his palaces. I could wish that he did the like in this monument of his fame.' How could anybody, hunting for a great master of...
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The Oxford History of England for Indian Students

Vincent Arthur Smith - Great Britain - 1912 - 392 pages
...which his son constructed a splendid tomb, where, to quote Bacon's words, the king ' lieth buried ... in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive...
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