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" But the sufficiency of Christian immortality frustrates all earthly glory, and the quality of either state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names... "
Lectures chiefly on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth - Page 298
by William Hazlitt - 1821 - 218 pages
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The Congregational Magazine, Volume 6

1823 - 684 pages
...posthumous memory. God, who can onely destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, cither of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration....of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhnppy frustration ; ami to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape fa oblivion. But man is * noble...
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...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." AVhoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

1826 - 548 pages
...of either slate after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies...much of chance that the boldest expectants have found unhappy-frustration, and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 6

1826 - 488 pages
...; also the burial fees to be 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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The Retrospective Review, Volume 1

1820 - 398 pages
...burial, taking the grave stone for his faith to lean on, and for his hope's moveless resting place — " But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grace, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, and not omitting ceremonies of bravery...
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Elia: Essays which Have Appeared Under that Signature in the London Magazine

Charles Lamb - 1828 - 266 pages
...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...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...state after death makes a folly of posthumous memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and Imth + thai, the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration, and to hold long subsistence seems but...
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Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with ...

William Godwin - 1831 - 504 pages
...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...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 432 pages
...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...
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Rosamund Gray: Recollections of Christ's Hospital, Etc. Etc

Charles Lamb - 1835 - 376 pages
...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...
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