| 1789 - 508 pagina’s
...with in thofe feveral regions of the dead. Moft of them recorded nothing elfe of the buried perfon, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another : the whole hiftory of his life being comprehended in thofe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind.... | |
| William Scott - 1789 - 416 pagina’s
...and died upon another ; tl;e whole hiilory of his life being comprehended in thefe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon thofe regiilers of exiftence, whether of brafs or marble, as a kind of fatire upon the departed perfons,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pagina’s
...with in thofe feveral regions of the dead, Moft of them recorded nothing elfe of the buried perfon, but that he was born upon one day and died upon another : The whole hiftory of his life being comprehended in thofe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind.... | |
| 1803 - 434 pagina’s
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they wereborn and that they died.... | |
| 1803 - 420 pagina’s
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but thatthey wereborn and that they died.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pagina’s
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died.... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pagina’s
...tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born and that they died.... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pagina’s
...tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day r and died upon another: the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances,... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagina’s
...stones and inscriptions, which I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another ; two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon those registers of existence,... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pagina’s
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the de;id. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died.... | |
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