Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. The Miscellaneous Works - Page 97by William Hazlitt - 1854Full view - About this book
| George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...known account of time? The first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired...been ; to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their Lopes of subsistency with a transmigration... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...known account of time ? The first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life, had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part mast ke content to be as though they had not been ; to be found in the register of God,, not in the... | |
| George Burnett - 1813 - 546 pages
...known account of time ? The first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired...had not been ; to be found in the register of God, pot in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a... | |
| 1820 - 394 pages
...decked with unrejoicing berries!" He thus immortalizes transitoriness, and makes oblivion sublime: " Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
| Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...decked with unrejoicing berries !" He thus immortalizes transitoriness, and makes oblivion sublime : " Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...known account of time ? Ike first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. " Oblivion is not to be hired...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since, contain... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...known account of time? the first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. " Oblivion is not to be hired...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since, contain... | |
| George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...everlasting register, the first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methusaleh's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
| 1826 - 548 pages
...known account of time ? The first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life bad been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired....been ; to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twentyseven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...only chronicle. . i ,; i .. . .:, in:. ^:-„>,..:,i. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater put must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story,* and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
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