 Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another: the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances, that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon these...  The Spectator - Pagina 631853 - 742 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Harry Morgan Ayres - 1924 - 942 pagina’s
...of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of...hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died. They put me in mind of... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 pagina’s
...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: The whole History of his...Existence, whether of Brass or Marble, as a kind of Satyr upon the departed Persons; who had left no other Memorial of them, but that they were born and... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1924 - 222 pagina’s
...epitaphs there : " Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another : the whole history of...are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon those registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons... | |
 | Rudolf Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pagina’s
...not but look upon these Registers of Existence, whether of Brass or Marble, as a kind of So Si Satyr upon the departed Persons; who had left no other Memorial...them, but that they were born and that they died. They put me in mind of several Persons mentioned in the Battels of Heroic Poems, who have sounding Names... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pagina’s
...of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one spirit found itself alone ; and in the tears shed...might be. And the sense of security could hardly have left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died. They put me in mind of... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1842 - 564 pagina’s
...tell us ! " Most inscriptions record nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day and died upon another : the whole history of his...mankind. I could not but look upon these registers * A still more lamentable instance may be seen in the exquisite Lady Chapel, or Trinity Church, attached... | |
 | Andrew J. Coulson - 490 pagina’s
...comprehended in these two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon those registers of existence. whether of brass or marble....departed persons. who had left no other memorial of themselves. but that they were horn. and that they died.128 Remarkably. Addison's passage was not an... | |
 | Daniel R. Woolf, Professor of History Daniel Woolf - 2003 - 454 pagina’s
...remarked that as 'registers of existence' they contained only dates of birth and death for a person, 'The whole history of his life, being comprehended...two circumstances that are common to all mankind'. The Spectator, 26 (30 Mar. t7tri, ed. DF Bond, 3 vols. (Oxford, t9633, i. t09. see chests containing... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1961 - 278 pagina’s
...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 ; the whole history of...but that they were born, and that they died. They" put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding names... | |
 | Geoffrey Callender - 1943 - 232 pagina’s
...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; the whole history of his...but that they were born, and that they died. They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding names... | |
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