| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 Seiten
...important than eloquence, in the words of an author already quoted at the commencement of this note : — " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery, in the infancy of his nature;" — the rt'ason for which is explained by another author, in words still more... | |
| George Walker - 1825 - 668 Seiten
...memory. God who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration. Wherein...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small tire sutficeth for life, great... | |
| 1823 - 684 Seiten
...memory. God, who can onely destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, cither of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration. Wherein...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration ; wherein...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature ! i < Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small fire sufficeth for life... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 Seiten
...memory. God, who only can destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration. Wherein...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small fire sufficeth for life, great... | |
| 1826 - 548 Seiten
...memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration; wherein...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 Seiten
...; 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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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