 | John Dennis - 1855 - 256 pages
...and himself the only sufferer. He was the author of several tracts, both polemical and political ; but the incoherency of his arguments was demonstrative...' as the world was turned topsy-turvy, it was fit he should be buried so, that he might be right at last.' Great numbers of people witnessed his interment;... | |
 | John Timbs - Characters and characteristics - 1866 - 336 pages
...have named, where, in compliance with his oft-expressed wish, he was buried, without church rites, with his head downwards; in order, he said, that as...was turned topsy-turvy, it was fit that he should be so buried that he might be right at last."* He died June 6th, 1800, and was interred on the 10th of... | |
 | John Timbs - Characters and characteristics - 1866 - 366 pages
...compliance with his oft-expressed wish, he was buried, without church rites, with his head dowmvards; in order, he said, that as "the world was turned topsy-turvy, it was fit that he should be so buried that he might be right at last."* He died June 6th, 1800, and was interred on the 10th of... | |
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He was the author of several tracts, both polemical and political j but the incoherency of his arguments was demonstrative of mental incapacity. Long prior to his decease, he had selected this spot for his burial-place ; and in compliance with his often-expressed... 