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" The ashes of an oak in the chimney, are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons... "
The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay ... - Pagina 96
door Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853
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The Classic Preachers of the English Church: Lectures Delivered at St. James ...

1877 - 226 pagina’s
...vol. iii. p. 217 sq. t ' Works,' vol. vi. p. 237. chimney are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large that was : it tells me not what...wretch whom thou wouldst not, as of a prince whom thou coulclst not, look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither : and when a whirlwind...
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Freemason's Monthly, Volume 8

1877 - 590 pagina’s
...us all equal when it comes. The ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epitaph of that, to tell me how high or how large that was. It tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, or what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons' graves is speechless, too. It says nothing,...
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The Royal Path of Life: Or, Aims and Aids to Success and Happiness

Thomas Louis Haines, Levi W. Yaggy - 1881 - 672 pagina’s
...us all equal when it comes. The ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epitaph of that, to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered when it stood, nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great men's graves, is speechless too:...
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Solomon's Little People: A Story about the Ants

James Crowther - 1882 - 204 pagina’s
...oak in a chimney are no •epitaph of that, to tell one how high or how large it was ; it tells one not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, or of a prince whom thou couldst not look upon, will trouble thine eyes if the wind blow...
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Six thousand illustrations of moral and religious truths

Cyclopaedia - 1885 - 1120 pagina’s
...us all equal when it comes. The ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epitaph of that, to tell me how high, or how large, that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered whilst it stood, nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great men's graves is speechless too...
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: Numbers ...

1892 - 812 pagina’s
...chimney are no epitaph of that, to tell me lio.v high, or how large that was; it tella me not what flocka it sheltered while it stood, nor what men it hurt...speechless too ; it says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. Aa soon the dust of a wretch whom thon woulde. t not, as of a prince whom thou oouldest not loot upon,...
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Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pagina’s
...us all equal when it comes. The ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epitaph of that, to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what...speechless too ; it says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. — Donne. Death alone of the gods loves not frifts, nor do you need to otter incense or libations...
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A Little Book of English Prose

Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 pagina’s
...in '•he Chimney, are no Epitaph of that Oak, to tell me how high or how large that was ; It tels me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor...when it fell. The dust of great persons' graves is speechlesse too, it sayes nothing, i: distinguishes nothing : As soon the dust of a tretch whom thou...
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Nelson's literature readers, selected and annotated by R. Garnett

Richard Garnett - 1902 - 296 pagina’s
...us all equal when it comes. The ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epitaph of that, to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what...while it stood, nor what men it hurt when it fell. — Dunne. 51. ESCAPE OF ROB ROY. We continued our march with considerable good order. To ensure the...
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The Remains of Major-General Nathanael Greene

Rhode Island. General Assembly. Joint Special Committee on the Remains of Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene - 1903 - 356 pagina’s
...for your kind thoughtfulness. "The ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epitaph of that to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what...nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great men's graves is speechless, too. It says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch...
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