 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
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 pages
...immortalizes transitoriness, and makes obicii sublime: Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must ic 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... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - 346 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... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 306 pages
...last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greatest 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. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood ; and the recorded names... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1842 - 226 pages
...that individuals hope for immortality, or any patent from oblivion, in preservations below the moon. The greater part must be content to be as though they...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the story of the world before the flood, and the recorded... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 600 pages
...should speak of them — the less said is best said. ' The greater part of mankind must be content, as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.' Mr. Chad wick deserves the thanks of the community for having stepped a little... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...everlasting register, 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 before the flood, and the recorded names... | |
 | 1848 - 574 pages
...last, and Methusela's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greatest 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. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood ; and the recorded names... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1849 - 238 pages
...known account of time 1 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 in tne record of man. Twenty-seven names make up t!ie first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. Th3 number of the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...and Methuselah's lang life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest . [Hallo my Fancy.'] [Anonymous.] In melancholic fancy, the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood ; and the recorded names... | |
 | 1889 - 670 pages
...notorious is a healthy sign. We do not think that it is so in many cases. As Sir Thomas Browne has said, " The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of Qod, not in the record of man"; and there seems no adequate reason why, because a man has benefitted... | |
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