Religio medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a friend, with an intr. and notes by J.W.W. Bund |
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... sleep was not to be undisturbed ; his skull was fated to adorn a museum ! In 1840 , while some workmen were digging ... sleeping in this coffin of lead , by the dust of his alchemic body , transmutes it into a coffer of gold . After Sir ...
... sleep was not to be undisturbed ; his skull was fated to adorn a museum ! In 1840 , while some workmen were digging ... sleeping in this coffin of lead , by the dust of his alchemic body , transmutes it into a coffer of gold . After Sir ...
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... sleep in darkness until the last alarm . A serious reflex upon my own unworthiness did make me backward from challenging this prerogative of my soul : so that I might enjoy my Saviour at the last , I could with patience be nothing ...
... sleep in darkness until the last alarm . A serious reflex upon my own unworthiness did make me backward from challenging this prerogative of my soul : so that I might enjoy my Saviour at the last , I could with patience be nothing ...
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... sleep within the bosom of our causes , we enjoy a being and life in three distinct worlds , wherein we receive most manifest gradations . In that obscure world , the womb of our mother , our time is short , computed by the moon ; yet ...
... sleep within the bosom of our causes , we enjoy a being and life in three distinct worlds , wherein we receive most manifest gradations . In that obscure world , the womb of our mother , our time is short , computed by the moon ; yet ...
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... sleep a while within this house of flesh . Those strange and mystical transmigrations that I have observed in silkworms turned my philosophy into divinity . There is in these works of nature , which seem to puzzle reason , something ...
... sleep a while within this house of flesh . Those strange and mystical transmigrations that I have observed in silkworms turned my philosophy into divinity . There is in these works of nature , which seem to puzzle reason , something ...
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... sleep by the urns of their fathers , and strive to go the neatest way unto corruption . I do not envy the temper 55 of crows and daws , nor the numerous and weary days of our fathers before the flood . If there be any truth in astrology ...
... sleep by the urns of their fathers , and strive to go the neatest way unto corruption . I do not envy the temper 55 of crows and daws , nor the numerous and weary days of our fathers before the flood . If there be any truth in astrology ...
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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.