 | 1811 - 710 pàgines
...visit the monument of the immortal Shakspeare, whose bust has been so disfigured by one of his modem commentators, and was much pleased with the following...this monument is shown, Invoke the Poet's curse upon Maloile ; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays, And smears his Tombstone as he marr'd his... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 376 pàgines
...disfigured by one of his modern commentators J and was much pleased with the following lines, written iu pencil on the stone : STRANGER ! to whom this monument...upon Malone ; Whose meddling zeal his barb'rous taste disphys, And smears his tombstone as he marfd his Plays. Sept. 24, i8ti. Yours truly, FB FRENCH ACCOUNT... | |
 | 1837 - 706 pàgines
...sculptor settled in London. t This well-merited reproof was shortly after written in the Church album : " Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the...Poet's curse upon Malone ; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays, And smears his Portrait as he marr'd his Plays." To which another wit has... | |
 | 1895 - 666 pàgines
...famous ' daubing ' of Shakspeare'e bast in Stratford Church, which won for him the following linee : — Stranger, to whom this Monument is shown, Invoke the...poet's curse upon Malone, Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays, And smears his tombstone as he marr'd hie plays. 1 1 H letter to Earl Charlemont... | |
 | 1853 - 748 pàgines
...copied, from the Album which is kept for the names of visitors, the following lines : " Stranger 1 to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the poet's curse upon Malone ! Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays, And smears his tombstone, as he marr'd his plays. RF Oct. 2, 1810." This... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1857 - 210 pàgines
...condemned. We quote the severe lines which his bad taste induced a visitor to inscribe in the album : — " Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the Poet's curse upon M alone; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste betrays, And daubs his tombstone as he mars his plays... | |
 | Samuel Neil - 1861 - 140 pàgines
...was coated with white paint. These lines have been written on this intense piece of ill taste:— " Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the...Poet's curse upon Malone, Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays, And daubs his tombstone as he mars his plays." This bust is one of the most... | |
 | 1895 - 464 pàgines
...bis famous 'daubing' of Shakspeare's bust in Stratford Church, which won for him the following lines: Stranger, to whom this Monument is shown, Invoke the poet's curse upon Malonr., Whose meddling zeid bis barbarous taste displays, And smears his tombstone as he marr'd his... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1866 - 306 pàgines
...condemned. We quote the severe lines which his bad taste induced a visitor to inscribe in the album : — " Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the...poet's curse upon Malone ; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste betrays, And daubs his tombstone as he mars his plays ! " * An engraved head of Shakspere... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pàgines
...MONUMENT. Written in the Album at Stratford-upon-Avon (" Gentleman's Magazine," LXXXV. Part 1. 390). Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the...poet's curse upon Malone ! Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste displays, And smears his tombstone, as he marr'd his plays. The bust of Shakespeare... | |
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Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the poet's curse upon Malone ; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste betrays, And daubs his tombstone as he mars his plays ! " * An engraved head of Shakspere faces the title-page of an early folio edition... 
