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Hence it was that I troubled the World with a deal of Tracts on publick Subjects; and, I thank Heaven, my Heart is as little asham'd of it, now I am dead, as I was proud of it when I was living, which is what few Authors can say when they are coffin'd.
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And pause to prattle on our way to church; Even when some coffin'd friend we gather round, We ask - "What news?"
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Pass'd to its charnel vault, coffin'd with crown and armor on,
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Amen! I caused his body to be coffin'd in lead, and reposited on the 30th at 8 o'clock that night in the church at Deptford, accompanied with divers of my relations and neighbours among whom
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Passed to its charnel vault -- laid on the shelf -- coffin'd with crown and armour on,
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Nigh the coffin'd corpse when all is still, examining
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Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffin'd home
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Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffin'd home
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Pass'd to its charnel vault, coffin'd with crown and armor on,
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Nigh the coffin'd corpse when all is still, examining with a candle;
bilby commented on the word coffin'd
"CORIOLANUS: My gracious silence, hail!
Wouldst thou have laugh'd had I come coffin'd home,
That weep'st to see me triumph? Ah, my dear,
Such eyes the widows in Corioli wear,
And mothers that lack sons."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009