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Meaning
Ritson is saying that he strongly dislikes wasting money or displaying pride in ways that honor the dead. The quote treats such spending as the most objectionable form of vanity because it is directed toward people who can no longer benefit from it. It reflects a blunt, critical view of funerary display.
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Source
The Letters of Joseph Ritson, Volume II p. 6
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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Listed with a cited source on Wikiquote: The Letters of Joseph Ritson, Volume II p. 6.
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Cited with a source on Wikiquote: The Letters of Joseph Ritson, Volume II p. 6.
About Joseph Ritson
English antiquary
Joseph Ritson was an English antiquary active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is known for editing the first scholarly collection of Robin Hood ballads in 1795, and for his work on English nursery rhymes. He became a strong supporter of the French Revolution after visiting France in 1791, and later emerged as an influential advocate of vegetarianism. He also assembled nursery rhyme collections such as Gammer Gurton's Garland, or The Nursery Parnassus, published in London by Joseph Johnson, including familiar verses like "Roses Are Red" and "Little Bo-Peep".
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