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Grace he did love, and vice control;
Earth hath his body, and heaven his soul.
The twelfth day of August in the morn died he,
1 6 2 and 3.

99. As true as it is truly Popish.

The following is inscribed upon a monument in one of the Catholic
Chapels in the city of Cork:—

I. H. S. Sacred to the memory of the benevolent Edward Molloy, the
friend of humanity and the father of the poor. He employed the
wealth of this world only to secure the riches of the next; and leaving a
balance of merit on the book of life, he made heaven debtor to his
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mercy. He died Oct. 17 , 1818, aged ninety. R. I. P.

100. From Upton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire:—

Beneath this stone, in hopes of Zion,
Doth lie the landlord of the Lion;
His son keeps on the business still,
Resigned unto the heavenly will.

As an advertisement this is pretty good, but the American epitaph (No.
101), on Mrs. Smith, does the advertising business more effectually.

101. An American Epitaph:—

Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, marble-cutter: this
monument was erected by her husband as a tribute to her memory
and a specimen of his work. Monuments of the same style, 250
dollars.

Better still, however, will that be on James Gordon Bennett (No. 102).
The present proprietor of the New York Herald is about to erect a
monument over his father’s grave at a cost of £50,000—in doing which he
advertises his paper most effectually.