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WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere,
In action faithful and in honour clear;
Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend :
Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd,
Prais'd, wept, and honour'd by the Muse he lov'd.
a. Pope.
(3) . A small tablet to the memory of Henry Wharton, M. A. He was Rector
of Chartham, in Kent, Vicar of the church of Minster, in the Isle of Thanet,
librarian to Archbishop Sancroft, and considered as one of the most voluminous
writers ever known at his early age. He died March 3, 1694, aged only thirty-
one years. He was so universally respected by the bishops and clergy, that
Archbishop Tillotson and several other prelates, with a vast body of clergy, the
choir, and king's scholars, in solemn procession, attended his funeral procession,
and joined in the anthems composed by Purcel for the occasion.
(4) . A medallion, of inferior merit, contains an half-length portrait of William
Congreve, and is placed over a sarcophagus of beautiful Egyptian marble, adorned
with dramatic emblems. Beneath is the inscription..
" Mr. William Congreve died January 16, 1728, aged fifty-six, and was
" buried near this place : to whose most valuable memory this monument is set
" up by Henrietta Duchess of Marlborough, as a mark how dearly she remembers
" the happiness she enjoyed in the sincere friendship of so worthy and honest a
" man; whose virtue, candour, and wit gained him the love and esteem of the
" present age, and whose writings will be the admiration of the future."
(5) . John Friend, M. D__A bust, on a circular pedestal of white veined
marble, by Rysbrack, forms the monument of that elegant scholar, learned physi-
cian, and excellent man.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere,
In action faithful and in honour clear;
Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend :
Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd,
Prais'd, wept, and honour'd by the Muse he lov'd.
a. Pope.
(3) . A small tablet to the memory of Henry Wharton, M. A. He was Rector
of Chartham, in Kent, Vicar of the church of Minster, in the Isle of Thanet,
librarian to Archbishop Sancroft, and considered as one of the most voluminous
writers ever known at his early age. He died March 3, 1694, aged only thirty-
one years. He was so universally respected by the bishops and clergy, that
Archbishop Tillotson and several other prelates, with a vast body of clergy, the
choir, and king's scholars, in solemn procession, attended his funeral procession,
and joined in the anthems composed by Purcel for the occasion.
(4) . A medallion, of inferior merit, contains an half-length portrait of William
Congreve, and is placed over a sarcophagus of beautiful Egyptian marble, adorned
with dramatic emblems. Beneath is the inscription..
" Mr. William Congreve died January 16, 1728, aged fifty-six, and was
" buried near this place : to whose most valuable memory this monument is set
" up by Henrietta Duchess of Marlborough, as a mark how dearly she remembers
" the happiness she enjoyed in the sincere friendship of so worthy and honest a
" man; whose virtue, candour, and wit gained him the love and esteem of the
" present age, and whose writings will be the admiration of the future."
(5) . John Friend, M. D__A bust, on a circular pedestal of white veined
marble, by Rysbrack, forms the monument of that elegant scholar, learned physi-
cian, and excellent man.