epitaph

• Did they originally form part of the epitaph, or are they the production of another and later author That this epitaph should be attributed to Jonson, may possibly have arisen from the following lines being confounded with it. —  Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
• Garrick replied, enclosing the desired epitaph Boswell remarks, "This epitaph is so exquisitely beautiful that I remember even Lord Kames, strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr. Johnson, was compelled to allow it very high praise. —  The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
• One of the fathers of modern medicine asked on his death-bed, thirty years ago, that his epitaph should be, "He fed fevers Fourth. —  Preventable Diseases
• He never recovered its baneful effect; and when he died in Rome, desired his epitaph might be, "Here lies one whose name was writ in water." —  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
• If the epitaph is genuine, it is a confession of guilt. —  Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine

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