 But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 346geredigeerd door - 1819Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 1046 pagina’s
...found unhappy frustration ; and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man ia a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.3 Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small fire... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 572 pagina’s
...and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble" animal,"§plendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.3 v Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun withinN. us. A small... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 224 pagina’s
...register of God, not in the record of man. There is nothing strictly immortal but immortality ! But man is a noble animal — splendid in ashes, and pompous...nativities and deaths, with equal lustre; nor omitting the ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." 180 CHAPTER XL CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY. WE had... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1658 - 602 pagina’s
...subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous 1 in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of ' his. nature.3 |_life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within /^ us. J A.... | |
 | Douglas William Jerrold - 1853 - 328 pagina’s
...for its especial purpose, tricks it out in the frippery of life. " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave ; solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre ; nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1853 - 330 pagina’s
...for its especial purpose, tricks it out in the frippery of life. " Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave ; solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre ; nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pagina’s
...and 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... | |
 | Richard Penn Smith - 1856 - 338 pagina’s
...favorite child. Azib died, and, of course, was followed to the grave by an extended retinue. " Man is a noble animal; splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." After the funeral came a feast which was more speedly buried than poor Azib,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pagina’s
...earthly glory, and the quality of either state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre. To subsist in lasting monuments, to live in their productions, to exist in their names, and predicament... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pagina’s
...subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompons in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with...lustre, nor omitting 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... | |
| |
