| 1789 - 508 pages
...with in thofe feveral regions of the dead. Moft of them recorded nothing elfe of the buried perfon, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another : the whole hiftory of his life being comprehended in thofe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind.... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...and died upon another ; tl;e whole hiilory of his life being comprehended in thefe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon thofe regiilers of exiftence, whether of brafs or marble, as a kind of fatire upon the departed perfons,... | |
| Joseph Addison - English imprints - 1801 - 364 pages
...with in thofe feveral regions of the dead, Moft of them recorded nothing elfe of the buried perfon, but that he was born upon one day and died upon another : The whole hiftory of his life being comprehended in thofe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind.... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they wereborn and that they died.... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but thatthey wereborn and that they died.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 416 pages
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died.... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born and that they died.... | |
| Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day r and died upon another: the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances,... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...stones and inscriptions, which I met with in those several regions 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 ; two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon those registers of existence,... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...tomb-stones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the de;id. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was...whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died.... | |
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