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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 39
(17) . John Smith, Esquire.-It was designed by Gibbs the architect; and
consists of the figure of a weeping female, seated on a sarcophagus, with the me-
dallion of the deceased in her right hand: a pyramid rises behind, and the whole
is supported by a table basement, which bears this inscription:
" Near this tomb lies buried John Smith, Esquire, of Beaufort Buildings, in
" London, descended from the Smiths of Lincolnshire, who died the 6th of July,
" 1718. He left two daughters, of which Anne, the eldest, was married, first
" to Henry Parker, Esquire, eldest son of Sir Henry Parker, of Hennington,
" in the county of Warwick, Baronet, to whom she bare many children; a se-
" cond time to the Right Honourable Michael Lord Dunkellin, eldest son of
" the Right Honourable Earl Clanrickard, in the kingdom of Ireland, by whom
" she left a son and a daughter surviving. Here also lies the Honourable John
" Burke, eldest son of the aforesaid Lord and Lady Dunkellin, who died 28th
" December, 1719. Mary, another daughter of the aforesaid John Smith, mar-
" ried to Edward Desboverie, of Longford, in Wiltshire, Baronet, and died
" without issue."
(18) . Carola Harsnet__This lady was the first wife of Sir Samuel Morland,
Baronet; and the monument is in the same style of design as that erected to the
memory of his second lady, which has been just described. This is also distin-
guished with inscriptions in the learned languages. The first is in Hebrew, and
the latter in Greek. They are thus translated:
" Blessed be the Lord, my wife was precious!— Blessed be thy remembrance,
" O virtuous woman!
" When I think of thy mildness, patience, charity, modesty, and piety, I
" lament thee, O most excellent woman, and grieve exceedingly: but not like
" those who have no faith; for I believe in and expect the resurrection of those
" who sleep in Christ."
(17) . John Smith, Esquire.-It was designed by Gibbs the architect; and
consists of the figure of a weeping female, seated on a sarcophagus, with the me-
dallion of the deceased in her right hand: a pyramid rises behind, and the whole
is supported by a table basement, which bears this inscription:
" Near this tomb lies buried John Smith, Esquire, of Beaufort Buildings, in
" London, descended from the Smiths of Lincolnshire, who died the 6th of July,
" 1718. He left two daughters, of which Anne, the eldest, was married, first
" to Henry Parker, Esquire, eldest son of Sir Henry Parker, of Hennington,
" in the county of Warwick, Baronet, to whom she bare many children; a se-
" cond time to the Right Honourable Michael Lord Dunkellin, eldest son of
" the Right Honourable Earl Clanrickard, in the kingdom of Ireland, by whom
" she left a son and a daughter surviving. Here also lies the Honourable John
" Burke, eldest son of the aforesaid Lord and Lady Dunkellin, who died 28th
" December, 1719. Mary, another daughter of the aforesaid John Smith, mar-
" ried to Edward Desboverie, of Longford, in Wiltshire, Baronet, and died
" without issue."
(18) . Carola Harsnet__This lady was the first wife of Sir Samuel Morland,
Baronet; and the monument is in the same style of design as that erected to the
memory of his second lady, which has been just described. This is also distin-
guished with inscriptions in the learned languages. The first is in Hebrew, and
the latter in Greek. They are thus translated:
" Blessed be the Lord, my wife was precious!— Blessed be thy remembrance,
" O virtuous woman!
" When I think of thy mildness, patience, charity, modesty, and piety, I
" lament thee, O most excellent woman, and grieve exceedingly: but not like
" those who have no faith; for I believe in and expect the resurrection of those
" who sleep in Christ."