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Here lies Estella – Who transported a large fortune to heaven, in acts of charity, and has gone thither to enjoy it.

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Since all that's mortal turns to dust, Reader! be humble and be just; 'Twill ease thy mind of anxious care, and sooth thy passage — God knows where!

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John Palfryman who is buried here, was aged four and twenty years. And near this place his Mother lies, likewise his father when he dies.

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She lived a life of virtue and died of the cholera morbus, caused by eating green fruit in hope of a blessed immortality.

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Here lies two brothers by misfortune surrounded; one died of wounds, but the other was drownded.

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Here lies an honest lawyer – and that is Strange.

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Here lies the body of Mary Morgan. Like the morning dew she glistened, exhaled, and went to heaven.

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This we must own in justice to her shade, `Tis the first bad exit Oldfield ever made.

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Here lies John Hill, a man of skill. His age was five times ten, he ne'er did good, nor ever would, had he lived as long again.

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This Ain’t Bad _____ Once You Get Used To It

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 Here lies the body of Dr Hayward, a man who never voted. Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.

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Hi! – Stay high – Bye

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Uncle Walter Loved To Spend. He Had No Money in the End. But with Many a Whiskey and Many a Wife, He Really Did Enjoy His Life.

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Slip McVey – He might a be here today – But rum, whisky an a bad gun – Put him away.

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Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by!

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Entombed within this vault a lawyer lies, who, fame assureth us was just and wise, an able advocate and honest too; that's wondrous strange, indeed, if it be true.

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Here lies the body of Jonathan Near Whose mouth it stretched from ear to ear. Tread softly, stranger, o'er this wonder, For if he yawns, you're gone, by thunder.

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Grim Death To Please His Palate Has Taken My Lettice To Put in His Sallat.

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On the whole I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

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Here lies Jim Shaw, attorney-at-law. When he died the devil cried, give me your paw, Jim Shaw, Attorney at law.

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He didn't believe in God; And when he did, they argued.

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