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GLEANINGS IN GRAVEYARDS:

a collectionof

CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

 

collated, compiled, andedited
by
HORATIO EDWARD NORFOLK,

honorarysecretary to the chelsea athenæum.

 
 

SECOND EDITION.

 
 

London:
JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.
1861.

p.ii

 

london
printed by p. pickton,
perry’s place, 29, oxford street.

 

p. iiito
ROBERT HUNT, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.S.
h.m. keeper of mining records, etc. etc.

THIS LITTLE VOLUME

isinscribed

with everyfeeling of respect

as a smalltribute of gratitude

for many actsof kindness

at hishands,

by

THE EDITOR.

p.vCONTENTS.

 

page

Epitaphs in England

1

      Wales

107

      Scotland

111

Miscellaneous

123

p. viiPREFACE.

(TO THE FIRST EDITION.)

Although this country may be behind many others in the poeticor classic character of its monumental inscriptions, it iscertainly not so in the production of Epitaphs of a curious andabsurd character.  Whether it is that the British are, as anation, witty and humorous, and that they are desirous that theirpeculiarities should be recorded even in the sanctuaries of theirdead, or that they consider true records of the departedto be of little or no value, has yet to be shown.  It is,however, remarkable that if we refer to the epitaphial records ofother nations, we find that they are, as a rule, noted for theirbeauty, elegance, or truth, whereas of the many graveyards inGreat

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