 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 New sporting magazine - Page 3991868Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...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....them 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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...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....look upon these registers of existence — whether brass or marble — as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 366 pages
...observation says, ' that he cannot look upon those registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, but as a kind of satire upon the departed persons who had left no other memorial of them than that they were born and that they died.' In certain moods of mind this is a natural reflection... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...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....of them 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 pages
...riot but look upon these fregisters of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of "hsatire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial...them, but that they were born, and that they died. 2. Upon my going into the church, I entertained myself with the digging of a grave, and saw in every... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...born upon one day, and died upon another; the whole history of his life being comprehended in those ead," says he, " are arrived at the rendezvous of...innocent, are sent into a place where they suffer pa They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 pages
...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....them, 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 pages
...died upon another; the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances th;it was rejected by the parents as an unsuitable match...totally ignorant of his singular talent. Suddenly, o They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 428 pages
...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....whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the 15 departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they... | |
 | 1879 - 446 pages
...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....could not but look upon these registers of existence as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they... | |
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