Religio medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a friend, with an intr. and notes by J.W.W. Bund |
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... ashes , which Browne would have enjoyed partaking in , the word spagyricus being an enigma to scholars . Mr Firth of Norwich ( whose translation seems the best ) thus renders the inscription : — " The very distinguished man , Sir Thomas ...
... ashes , which Browne would have enjoyed partaking in , the word spagyricus being an enigma to scholars . Mr Firth of Norwich ( whose translation seems the best ) thus renders the inscription : — " The very distinguished man , Sir Thomas ...
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... ashes . Sect . 24. - I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero ; others with as many groans deplore the combustion of the library of Alexandria : 33 for my own part , I think there be too many in the world ; and ...
... ashes . Sect . 24. - I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero ; others with as many groans deplore the combustion of the library of Alexandria : 33 for my own part , I think there be too many in the world ; and ...
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... ashes of John the Baptist . Those that hold , the sanctity of their souls doth leave behind a tincture and sacred faculty on their bodies , speak naturally of miracles , and do not salve the doubt . Now , one reason I tender so little ...
... ashes of John the Baptist . Those that hold , the sanctity of their souls doth leave behind a tincture and sacred faculty on their bodies , speak naturally of miracles , and do not salve the doubt . Now , one reason I tender so little ...
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... ashes . " All flesh is grass , " is not only metaphorically , but literally , true ; for all those creatures we behold are but the herbs of the field , digested into flesh in them , or more remotely carnified in ourselves . Nay ...
... ashes . " All flesh is grass , " is not only metaphorically , but literally , true ; for all those creatures we behold are but the herbs of the field , digested into flesh in them , or more remotely carnified in ourselves . Nay ...
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... ashes of , and left under ground , all the kings of Europe ; have been contem- porary to three emperors , four grand signiors , and as many popes : methinks I have outlived myself , and begin to be weary of the sun ; I have shaken hands ...
... ashes of , and left under ground , all the kings of Europe ; have been contem- porary to three emperors , four grand signiors , and as many popes : methinks I have outlived myself , and begin to be weary of the sun ; I have shaken hands ...
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actions affection ancient angels antiquity Aristotle ashes Author behold believe body bones Brancaster buried burning burnt Cæsar charity chiromancy Christ Christian church cloth extra Commodus common conceive condemn confess conjecture corruption creatures Cuthred dead death desire devil disease divinity Doctor of Medicine doth dream earth Edition endeavours English Language eyes faith Fcap fire friends grave happy hath heaven hell heresy honour HYDRIOTAPHIA Iceni Illustrations immortal interment Josephus judgment live mercy methinks miracle monuments morocco mortality nature never noble obscure observed opinion ourselves passion Patroclus perish Pharsalia philosophy piece Plato Plutarch pyre Pythagoras reason relicks RELIGIO MEDICI religion Rob Roy Roman Saviour Scripture Sect seems sense sepulchral sleep soul spirits story Tacitus thee thereof things Thomas à Kempis thou thought tion truly truth unto urns Vespasian vice virtue vulgar wherein wisdom
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Página 155 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Página 153 - But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
Página 153 - ... daily haunts us with dying mementos, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration, diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation.
Página 95 - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of /company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.
Página 8 - I could never hear the AveMary bell* without an elevation, or think it a sufficient warrant, because they erred in one circumstance, for me to err in all, that is, in silence and dumb contempt ; whilst therefore they directed their devotions to her, I offered mine to God, and rectified the errors of their prayers, by rightly ordering mine own.
Página 13 - tis good to sit down with a description, periphrasis, or adumbration ; for by acquainting our Reason how unable it is to display the visible and obvious effects of nature, it becomes more humble and submissive unto the subtleties of Faith ; and thus I teach my haggard and unreclaimed reason to stoop unto the lure of Faith.
Página 94 - The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any.
Página 7 - The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology ; or, the Economy of the Sea and its Adaptations, its Salts, its Waters, its Climates, its Inhabitants, and whatever there may be of general interest in its Commercial Uses or Industrial Pursuits. By Commander MF Maury, LL.D.
Página 150 - What song the syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture. What time the persons of these ossuaries entered the famous nations of the dead, and slept with princes and counsellors, might admit a wide solution.
Página 196 - Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause : This is the happy Warrior; this is He That every Man in arms should wish to be.