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" Shall Chantrey be called a destroyer or not? He slaughters indeed his two birds at one shot : But pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour, To make more than amends, by his chisel so clever, He revives them to live on in marble for ever. "
Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks - Page 63
edited by - 1857 - 120 pages
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Epigrams, ancient and modern, ed. by J. Booth

Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pages
...bids them start, And makes them live for ever. Hon. Frederick Al1son. H Shall Chantrey be called a destroyer or not ? He slaughters indeed his two birds at one shot : But pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour, To make more than amends, by his chisel so clever, He revives them to live on in...
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Epigrams, Ancient and Modern: Humorous, Witty, Satirical, Moral and Panegyrical

John Booth - 1865 - 400 pages
...bids them start, And makes them live for ever. Hon. Frederick Anson. 14 Shall Chantrey be called a destroyer or not? He slaughters indeed his two birds at one shot : But pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour, To make more than amends, by his chisel so clever, He revives them to live on in...
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The wild garland; or, Curiosities of poetry, selected by I.J. Reeve, Volume 2

Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pages
...bids them start, And makes them live for ever. HON. FREDERICK ANSON. 14 SHALL Chantrey be called a destroyer or not ? He slaughters indeed his two birds at one shot ; But, pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour To make more than amends, by his chisel so clever, He revives them, to live on in...
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A commonplace book of epigrams analytically arranged, Issue 426

Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 pages
...WITH gun or chisel thou art doubly clever, ^ntrey ! thy twins in death are twins for ever. BonHon. SHALL Chantrey be call'da destroyer or not? He slaughters...his victims, with generous endeavour To make more amends, by his chisel so clever, He revives them to live on in marble for ever. Wvangham. THE MUSICAL...
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The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient ...

Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 pages
...(Profesaor Muirhead'a "Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks,"' 1857.) Written in Latin and Knglish. Shall Chantrey be call'da Destroyer, or not ? He slaughters,...: But pitying his victims, with generous endeavour 1 To make more amends, by his chisel so clever > He revives them to live on in marble for ever 1 To...
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The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient ...

Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pages
...MEMORY. (Professor Muirhead's " Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks,' 1 1857.) Written in Latin and English. Shall Chantrey be call'da Destroyer, or not...two birds at one shot: But pitying his victims, with generoiis endeavour j To make more amends, by his chisel so clever > He revives them to live on in...
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Epigrams, Wit & Wisdom in Brief

Walter Jerrold - 1926 - 264 pages
...bids them start, And makes them live for ever. Hon. Frederick Anson. XII Shall Chantrey be called a destroyer or not ? He slaughters indeed his two birds at one shot ; But, pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour To make more than amends, by his chisel so clever, He revives them, to live on in...
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Notes and Queries

1875 - 574 pages
...clever,— Chantrey ! thy twins in death are twins for ever." Boultcm. "Shall Chantrey be called a destroyer or not? He slaughters, indeed, his two birds at one shot ; But, pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour To make more amends by his chisel to clerer, He revives them to live on in marble...
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Notes and Queries

1875 - 600 pages
...clever, — Chantrey ! thy twins in death are twins for ever." Boulton. "Shall Chantrey be called a destroyer or not? He slaughters, indeed, his two birds at one shot ; But, pitying his victims, with gen'rous endeavour To make more amends by his chisel so clever, He revives them to live on in marble...
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