 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
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1863 - 304 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. • The same affectionate and persevering love to a mother is dwelt upon in a delightful preface to... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1863 - 726 pages
...confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow ; the tender, careful mother of many children, ONE of whom alone had the misfortune to Burvive her. Sne died March 11, 1753, aged sixty-seven." No testimony of the interment of Gray in the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1866 - 298 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. The same affectionate and persevering love to a mother is dwelt upon in a delightful preface to the... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Ireland - 1866 - 656 pages
...PIOU8 CONFIDENCE, BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SINTER, : 1:1; I' SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CAREFUL TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE IIEll." The same affectionate and persevering love to a mother is dwelt upon in a delightful preface... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 pages
...CONFIDENCE, nESIDE 11EB FRIEND AND 8LSTEX, BERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF DOROTHY GRAY, WIDOW, THE CABEFUL TENDER MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM ALONE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SURVIVE HER." The same affectionate and persevering love to a mother is dwelt upon in a delightful preface to the... | |
 | James Mason Hoppin - England - 1868 - 494 pages
...confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful and tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her. She died March 11, 1733, aged 67." Birds in great numbers flew around among the trees, and hopped fearlessly... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - English poetry - 1869 - 306 pages
...sorrow at his loss : " Beside her Friend and Sister, Here sleep the Remains of . DOROTHY GHAY, Widow ; the careful, tender Mother Of many Children : one of whom alone Had the misfortune to survive her." His life was now very solitary. He had been accustomed to spend a part at least ojf each summer with... | |
 | 1869 - 564 pages
...which Gray affectionately recorded the fact that therein " .sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her," and that which told us, " in the same tomb upon which he has so feelingly recorded his grief at the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1869 - 974 pages
...buried, by his own desire, in Stoke Pogis' churchyard, beside his mother, " Dorothy Gray, widow, the tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her." His Pindaric odes, " The Progress of Poetry," and " The Bard," were issued in 1757 ae the first fruits... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1870 - 456 pages
...Stoke. Gray seems to have felt her loss acutely. In an epitaph inscribed upon her tomb, he commemorates her as "the careful, tender mother of many children,...of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her." In 1765 he took a journey into Scotland, where he formed an intimacy with Beattie. He thence penetrated... | |
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