| 1823 - 684 σελίδες
...posthumous memory. God, who can onely destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, cither of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration....of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhnppy frustration ; ami to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape fa oblivion. But man is * noble... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 σελίδες
...gloves; also the burial fees paid, if not exceeding one guinea." " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." AVhoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and... | |
| 1826 - 548 σελίδες
...of either slate after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies...much of chance that the boldest expectants have found unhappy-frustration, and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble... | |
| 1826 - 488 σελίδες
...; also the burial fees to be paid, if not exceeding one guinea." " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne , " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." Whoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and has... | |
| 1820 - 398 σελίδες
...burial, taking the grave stone for his faith to lean on, and for his hope's moveless resting place — " But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grace, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, and not omitting ceremonies of bravery... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1828 - 266 σελίδες
...gloves; also, the burial fees paid, if not exceeding one guinea." " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave." Whoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and has... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 σελίδες
...state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and Imth + thai, the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration, and to hold long subsistence seems but... | |
| William Godwin - 1831 - 504 σελίδες
...remained inaccessible to the weaknesses of other men * . It is the observation of sir Thomas Browne : " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." One of the most remarkable examples of this is to be found in the pyramids of Egypt. They are generally... | |
| 1835 - 432 σελίδες
...gloves ; also, the burial fees paid, if not exceeding one guinea." " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, "is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave." Whoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and has... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1835 - 376 σελίδες
...gloves; also, the burial fees paid, if not exceeding one guinea.'" " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." Whoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and has... | |
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