 Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and, in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and specious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests...  English Prose: Selections - Page 328edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1893 - 300 pages
...Methuselah, and in a yard underground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests." at secular intervals, the everlasting sabbaths of the grave! Show us, O pedant, such another strain... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 500 pages
...discoursings. This is indeed the greatest and most holy charity. From Browne's Hydriotaphta — Urn Burial. Now since these dead bones' have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and iu a yard underground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and specious1 buildings above... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 472 pages
...concluding chapter. His quotation of the opening words is not quite accurate. The real words are : — " Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and in a yard underground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 pages
...world." HYDRIOTAPHIA : OR, URN-BURIAL. BY BIB. THOMAS BROWNE. (For biographical notice, see page 39.) Now since these dead bones have already outlasted...and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests :... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 444 pages
...Methuselah, and in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums...: what prince can promise such diuturnity unto his relics, or might not gladly say, Sic ego componi versus in ossa velim t Time, which antiquates antiquities,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...(For biographical notice, see page 39.) Now since these dead bones have already outlasted the liv>ng ones of Methuselah, and in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests :... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1900 - 364 pages
...with darkness and remains the victor. The opening sentence strikes a chord of majestic harmony : " Now since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and in a yard underground and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly... | |
 | Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh - 1901 - 432 pages
...our present selves, and evacuate such hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTER V. Now since these dead bones have already outlasted...conquests: what prince can promise such diuturnity unto his relics, or might not gladly say, " Sic ego componi versus in ossa velim " ? Time, which antiquates... | |
 | 1901 - 436 pages
...our present selves, and evacuate such hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTER V. Now since these dead bones have already outlasted...conquests: what prince can promise such diuturnity unto his relics, or might not gladly say, "Sic ego componi versus in ossa velim "? Time, which antiquates antiquities,... | |
 | 1901 - 440 pages
...our present selves, and evacuate such hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTER V. Now since these dead bones have already outlasted...conquests: what prince can promise such diuturnity unto his relics, or might not gladly say, "Sic ego componi versus in ossa volim "? Time, which antiquates antiquities,... | |
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