 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 456 oldal
...dress had been, in the same journal, scarce eighteen months before. " Man," says Sir Thomas Brown, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." These things led me in spirit to the vault, and I thought of the memorable dead among whom her mortal... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1830 - 432 oldal
...dress, had been in the same journal scarce eighteen months before. "Man," says Sir Thomas Brown, ' is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." On the introduction of the second person in the dialogue, the author continues, " He asked me, if I... | |
 | 1830 - 550 oldal
...all earthly glory, and the quality of either state, after death, makes a folly of posthumous memory. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy o£ his nature." WHY THE HANGMAN 18 CALLED JACK KETCH. IN 1 664, Dun was the name of the public executioner,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 oldal
...directly promised no duration ; wherein there is so much of chance, thai, the boldest expectants have as l mail is a noble animal, splendid in aslies. and pompous in the grave, solemnising nativities and deaths... | |
 | 1831 - 370 oldal
...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration ; and to hold long subsistence...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 sufficeth for life ;... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 oldal
...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration ; and to hold long subsistence...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 sufficeth for life ;... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 504 oldal
...remained inaccessible to the weaknesses of other men * . It is the observation of sir Thomas Browne : " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." One of the most remarkable examples of this is to be found in the pyramids of Egypt. They are generally... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 532 oldal
...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration ; and to hold long subsistence,...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 sufficeth for... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 390 oldal
...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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 oldal
...gloves ; and 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... | |
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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. 
