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" Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings. "
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ... - Página 304
por William Seward - 1798
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London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 18

1749 - 690 páginas
...foftly, I entreat you ; For if he chance to wake, be fure he'll eat you. »c. On Sir John Vanburgh. Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. •6. Here lies the body of Tbmat Small, 'r ••/..;• r /.A weaver, and that's all. 17. 0* a Mifer....
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - 1760 - 300 páginas
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbru*bt has thefe lines : *« Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee* H 2 SIR SIR John having taken a tour into Trance before the glorious war that broke out in 1701, was...
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - 1760 - 300 páginas
...would be commodious enough. Some wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbrugh, has thefe lines : Lie heavy on him Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thée. Hz SIR SIR John having taken a tour into France before the glorious war that bioke out in 1701,...
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A Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing ...

1764 - 164 páginas
...Afpeft ; the feeming Weight of which occa- • iioned this Epitaph on the Architect Sir John Vanlrugh. Lie heavy on him, Earth ! for He Laid many a heavy Load on thee. The South Front is lefs loaded with Ornament ; on it is a Bufto of Louis XIV. taken from the Citadel...
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Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., Volume 3

Horace Walpole - 1782 - 324 páginas
...died at Whitehall March 26, 1726. In his chara&er of architect, Dr. Evans bpftowed on himthi* epitaph, Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. ROBE £ TI, An architeft, who built the ftaircafe at Coudray, the lord Montacute's j Pelegrinr painted...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 1

Sir Richard Steele - 1786 - 516 páginas
...concludes his account of Sit John, with Dr. Evans's epitaph on him, in his chara&eJ of architect. ' . ' . Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. Utfopra. TAT. N° 13. p. 140. -Kate, add, See KALM'S " Travels, £c." TAT. Hid. p. 144. Note, aJfaem,...
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A View of England: Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2

[Gebhard] Friedrich August Wendeborn - 1791 - 372 páginas
...tafte. Luckily, this folly, together wiih that of furnifhing houfes in the Chinefe way, has fubfided. * Lie heavy on him earth ! for he, Laid many a heavy load on thee. There There are here and there many good modern buildings to be met with in London; but they are too...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1794 - 614 páginas
...confpicuous as to become almoft proverbial; and which procured for him the following well-known epitaph: " Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he " Laid many a heavy load on thce." Let us attend to what is here boldly urged in his favour: • Sir John Vanbrugh has long been...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volume 2

William Seward - 1796 - 430 páginas
...for us ?". " Your Grace," replied Sir John very acutely, " fhould apply to the beft landfcape-painter you " know." The epitaph made for Sir John, Lie heavy...thee, is remembered more on. account of its point thaij of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs ar^ the requifites to fublimity in Architecture;...
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present ..., Volume 2

William Seward - 1796 - 418 páginas
...for us ?'' " Your Grace," replied Sir John very acutely, " fhould apply to the beft landfcape-painter you " know." The epitaph made for Sir John, Lie heavy...on thee, is remembered more on account of its point tha?i of the truth it contains. Size and maffivenefs arc the requifites to fublimity in Architecture;...
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