 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...church is erected a monument to his memory, with this inscription (written by Dr. Thomas Chapman) : — "Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The Memory...enriched With the goods of nature, If not of fortune, And happy In the duration, If not variety Of his enjoyments ; and Tho' the partial world Despised and... | |
 | Yorkshire (England) - 1858 - 344 pages
...longevity is as well authenticated as such facts generally can be. His epitaph is worth quoting: — " Blush not, marble, to rescue from oblivion the memory...enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not variety of his enjoyments ; and though the partial world despised... | |
 | William Howitt - Abbeys - 1864 - 254 pages
...: — ' Blufh not, marble, to refcue from oblivion the memory of Henry Jenkins, a perfon of obfcure birth, but of a life truly memorable ; for he was...enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not variety of his enjoyments ; and though the partial world dcfpifed... | |
 | Archaeology - 1873 - 670 pages
...Yorkshire, by the subscription of several, to the memory of Henry Jenkins : — " Blush not, mortal To rescue from oblivion — The memory of — Henry...enriched With the goods of nature, If not of fortune ; And happy In the duration, If not variety, Of his enjoyments ; And, Tho* the partial world Despised... | |
 | William John Thoms - Centenarians - 1873 - 344 pages
...his judgment was influenced by the manner in which the Royal Society had accepted their reputed ages. BLUSH NOT MARBLE, TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION, THE MEMORY OF HENRY JENKINS, A PERSON OBSCURE IN LIFE, BUT OF A LIFE TRULY MEMORABLE; FOR HE WAS ENRICHED WITH THE GOODS OF NATURE, IF NOT OK FORTUNE... | |
 | William John Thoms - Centenarians - 1873 - 350 pages
...his judgment was influenced by the manner in which the Royal Society had accepted their reputed ages. BLUSH NOT MARBLE, TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION, THE MEMORY OF HENRY JENKINS, A PERSON OBSCURE IN LIFE, BUT OF A LIFE TRULY MEMORABLE; FOR HE WAS ENRICHED WITH THE GOODS OF NATURE, IF NOT OV FORTUNE... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1875 - 192 pages
...est segrotare, Vivere est mori, Mori est vivere. In Bolton-on-Swale Churchyard, near Richmond : — Blush not, marble, to rescue from oblivion the memory...enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not the variety of his enjoyments ; and though the partial world despised... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1891 - 184 pages
...CURIOSITY SHOP. ble, was placed in the chnrch. On this was engraved the following curious epitaph: "Blush not, marble, To rescue from oblivion The memory of Henry Jenkins, A person obscure in life, but of a life truly memorable. For he was enriched with The goods of nature, if not of fortune,... | |
 | Curious epitaphs - 1883 - 208 pages
...the church, on a mural tablet of black marble, is inscribed the following epitaph, composed by Dr. Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge...enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, in the duration, if not variety, of his enjoyments : and, tho' the partial world despised and disregarded... | |
 | Richard Vickerman Taylor - Yorkshire (England) - 1883 - 376 pages
...black marble, is inscribed the following epitaph, composed by Dr. Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge :—" Blush not, marble, to rescue...enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not in the variety, of his enjoyments; and though the partial world despised... | |
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Blush not, marble, to rescue from oblivion the memory of HENRY JENKINS : a person obscure in birth, but of a life truly memorable; for he was enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not variety, of his enjoyments;... 
