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" Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the Register of God, not in the record of man. "
Literary gems [ed. by J.S.]. - Pagina 399
door Literary gems - 1826
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pagina’s
...Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been...in the register of God, not in the record of man. * * • A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a transmigration of their...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pagina’s
...Methuselah's long life, had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part mast ke content to be as though they had not been ; to be...in the register of God,, not in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a transmigration of their souls....
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1813 - 546 pagina’s
...Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been ; to be found in the register of God, pot in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a...
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Reginald Dalton, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 380 pagina’s
...THEIR GRAVES IN OUR SHORT MEMORIES, AND SADLY TELL US HOW WE SHALL BE BURIED IN OUR SURVIVORS. L.ET ME BE FOUND IN THE REGISTER OF GOD, NOT IN THE RECORD OF MAN." " Poor Barbara," said Mrs Elizabeth, after our youth had read the words aloud; — "poor Barbara !...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pagina’s
...Methusaleh's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

1826 - 548 pagina’s
...and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been;...exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpassed! the day, and who knows when was the equinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 1

1820 - 398 pagina’s
...immortalizes transitoriness, and makes oblivion sublime : " Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...Twenty,seven names make up the first story, and the rtcorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pagina’s
...nut. to be hired : the greatest part must b« content to be я& though they had not 1хчч1 ; tobo ކ>l a ! name» make up the first story before the Flood: and the recorded пашен ever since contain not...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Works of Sir Thomas Browne

1831 - 370 pagina’s
...and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...Twenty-seven names make up the first story,* and the recorded * Before the flood. names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 1

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pagina’s
...Bent is his tiead of age; red his tearful eye. Ossian. Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Sir Thomas Browne. So in the circle of the arts, Did he advance his natnral parts, Jnst as a dog, that...
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