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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Epitaph In the Church Yard of Brading, in the Isle of Wight': 'Forgive blest shade the tributary te...Catherine Austen EpitaphPrint: tombstone
1700-1799'D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied a number of epitaphs into [Dove Cottage MS 20] between late April and 17 Dec. 1799, namely: epitaph of Josias Franklin and his wife; Benjam...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownepitaph "taken from the Parish Church-Yard of Mars...Unknown
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 December 1843: 'On my return from a long, weary walk through mud & mist, yesterday morning, my eyes were gladdened by the si...Elizabeth Barrett William Wordsworthepitaph for Robert SoutheyPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied a number of epitaphs into [Dove Cottage MS 20] between late April and 17 Dec. 1799, namely: epitaph of Josias Franklin and his wife; Benjam...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownepitaph of Benjamin FranklinUnknown
1700-1799'D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied a number of epitaphs into [Dove Cottage MS 20] between late April and 17 Dec. 1799, namely: epitaph of Josias Franklin and his wife; Benjam...Dorothy Wordsworth unknownepitaph of Josias Franklin and wifeUnknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Transcription from a commonplace book]: Title = 'Epitaph on a tomb in Melrose Abbey'; text [4 lines] = 'The yerthe walketh on ye earthe glyttering lyke golde/ The yerthe...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine AnonEpitaph on a tomb in Melrose AbbeyPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Title = 'Epitaph on an idiot'; Text = 'If innocence has its reward in heaven/ And God but little asks, where little's given/Th...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine AnonEpitaph on an IdiotPrint: Unknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcription in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand of 'King James his Epitaph by Bishop Corbet'. Elizabeth Lyttelton Richard CorbettEpitaph on King JamesUnknown
1700-1799'This Epitaph [on 'Philips, a musician'] is so exquisitely beautiful that I remember even Lord Kames, strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr Johnson, was compelled to ...Henry Home, Lord Kames Samuel JohnsonEpitaph on Philips, a MusicianPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of ‘An Epitaph. On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis of Anglesey’s leg. By the Rt. Honble. G. Cann...Catherine Austen G CanningEpitaph On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis ...Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '"Epitaph on Viscountess Palmerston written by her Husband” Romsey Church.'Catherine Austen Lord PalmerstonEpitaph on Vicountess PalmerstonPrint: tombstone
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcription in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand of Aphra Behn, 'Epitaph on William Fairfax'.Elizabeth Lyttelton Aphra BehnEpitaph on William FairfaxUnknown
1800-1849'Epitaph' 'Part of an inscription for amonument to be erected/by a gentleman to the memory of his lady' 'Farewell my best beloved! Whose heavenly mind...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxJames BeattieEpitaph OR [Poems on Several Occasions]Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 17 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on General Ludlow's monument at Vevey: 'black marble -- long inscription -- Latin -- but simple -- particula...George Gordon Lord Byron Margaret de Thomasepitaph to Edmund LudlowManuscript: tombstone epitaph
1800-1849'Nature and Nature's Laws lay hidin night/...'Carey/Maingay groupAlexander PopeEpitaph XI:Intended for Sir Isaac NewtonPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Lines on the Death of the Hon. G.C. Canning' 'Though short thy span of Heaven's unimpeached decrees...'Beanlands groupGeorge CanningEpitaph: George Charles CanningUnknown
1500-1599
1600-1699		'The marginalia [dating from late 1570s-c.1608] on fol.3v [of Lodovico Domenichi, "Facetie, motti et burle, di diversi signori et persone private" (1571)] record Eutrapel...Gabriel Harvey Bion epitaphsPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'The marginalia [dating from late 1570s-c.1608] on fol.3v [of Lodovico Domenichi, "Facetie, motti et burle, di diversi signori et persone private" (1571)] record Eutrapel...Gabriel Harvey Adonis epitaphsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Hymns - Epithalamion &c of Spencer'Mary Shelley Edmund SpenserEpithalamionPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have also been reading in library copies... Swinburne's "Erechtheus" which is another tragedy on Greek lines like "Atalanta", though not so good in my opinion.'Clive Staples Lewis Algernon Charles SwinburneErechtheus: A TragedyPrint: Book


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