 | George Mogridge - 1847 - 380 pages
...down to posterity as a miracle of philanthropy. I will not say with the poet, " Who builds a house to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name ;"'' because, in many cases, it is an advantage, if not absolutely necessary, that the name of the... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 pages
...posterity ; and from a clergyman too, whose sacred profession should have taught him to remember — " Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, "Will never mark the marble with his name." The intention of the donor, however, is frustrated, inasmuch as the initials have long ceased to be... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...what ! no monument, inscription, stone? His race, his form, his name almost unknown ? P Who huilds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marhle with his name : Go, search it there, where to he hom and die, Of rich and poor makes all the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 512 pages
...rays. B And what ! no monument, inscription, stone ? His race, his form, his name almost unknown ? P. Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will...never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it tberc, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough that virtue fill'd... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 934 pages
...myself of whatever merit might attach to them; impressed with the sentiments of the poet, I feel that, " Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name! " and here I find ail my wishes thwarted.' ' Well, my son, I believe we must just plead guilty —... | |
 | 1851 - 494 pages
...loaves of bread, or other sustenance, on the morning of each St. Thomas's day. It has been written, " Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name." But had Mr. Felton been the builder of a church, he would have paid very little attention to this poetic... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...failures in life arise from pulling in awe's horse when he is leaping." — Guesses at Truth. 15. " Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name." — POPE. 16. " Some men so dislike the dust kicked up by the generation they belong to, that, being... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...rays. /' And what? no monument, inscription, stone t His race, his form, his name almost unknown? P. dras, and Chimeras dire. Meanwhile, the adversary...Satan, with thoughts inflom'd of highest design, Puts bom and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history; Enough, that Virtue HUM the space between ; Prov'd... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1870 - 366 pages
...loaves of bread, or other sustenance, on the morning of each St. Thomas's day. It has been written, " Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name " But had Mr. Felton been the builder of a church, he would have paid very little attention to this... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1853 - 402 pages
...earnest individual studiously concealing himself from praise,—one acting up to the opinion that— " Who builds a church to God and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name"— this is now being done.* Pride of country, love of beauty, and duty to God, all prompt so strongly... | |
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