 ... who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions...  The Spectator - Pagina 96geredigeerd door - 1897Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 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.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pagina’s
...yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with...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
...church yard, the cloisters and the church ; amusing myself with the tomb stones and inscriptions, which I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most...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 - 372 pagina’s
...yesterday passed the whole afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with...dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried persons, but that he was born upon one day and died upon another,; the whole history of his life being... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pagina’s
...yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the 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 born upon one day,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pagina’s
...yesterday passed the whole afternoon in the church'-yard, the cloisters', and the church', amusing myself with the tomb'-stones and inscriptions' that I met...life being comprehended in those two circumstances', thal are common to all' mankind. I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether brass... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pagina’s
...yard, the cloisters and the church ; amusing myself with the tomh stones and inscriptions, which 1 met with in those several regions of the dead. Most...that he was born upon one day, and died upon another; two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look up»n those registers of existence,... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 pagina’s
...yard, the cloisters and the church ; amusing myself with the tomb stones and inscriptions, which 1 met with in those several regions of the dead. Most...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,... | |
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