| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 páginas
...glory, and the quality of either state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection,...boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration; arid to hold long subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a nobl* animal, splendid in... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 548 páginas
...of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, tither of our bodies or names, hath directly promised no...frustration; and to hold long subsistence seems but a scape iri oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the gravej solemnizing nativities... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 páginas
...glory, and the quality of either state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection,...so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have fotmd unhappy frustration; and to hold long subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 páginas
...gloves ; also the bu. lial 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... | |
| George Burnett - 1813 - 546 páginas
...glory; and the quality of either state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection;...subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noblt animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave; solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 páginas
...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... | |
| Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 páginas
...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...solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, and not omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." How stupendous is the following... | |
| 1820 - 394 páginas
...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...solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, and not omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." were, and have new names given... | |
| 1821 - 772 páginas
...were paid. We are surrounded with the magnificence of death, and the trophies of departed glory. " Man is a noble animal ; splendid in ashes, and pompous in the dust, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery, in the... | |
| 1821 - 770 páginas
...vows were paid. We are surrounded with the magnificence of death, and the trophies of departed glory. "Man is a noble animal; splendid in ashes, and pompous in the dust, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery, in the... | |
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