 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 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...in the register of God, not in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their Lopes of subsistency with a transmigration of their souls.... | |
 | 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 - Authors, English - 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... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - College stories - 1823 - 380 pages
...THEIR GRAVES IN OUR SHORT MEMORIES, AND SADLY TELL US HOW WE SHALL BE BURIED IN OUR SURVIVORS. L.ET ME BE FOUND IN THE REGISTER OF GOD, NOT IN THE RECORD OF MAN." " Poor Barbara," said Mrs Elizabeth, after our youth had read the words aloud; — "poor Barbara !... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 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...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 not one living... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...decked with unrejoicing berries !" He thus immortalizes transitoriness, and makes oblivion sublime : " Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must...Twenty,seven names make up the first story, and the rtcorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...nut. to be hired : the greatest part must b« content to be я& though they had not 1хчч1 ; tobo ކ>l a ! name» make up the first story before the Flood: and the recorded пашен ever since contain not... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 370 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....Twenty-seven names make up the first story,* and the recorded * Before the flood. names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...Alpin, the son of song, mourning for the dead ! Bent is his tiead of age; red his tearful eye. Ossian. Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Sir Thomas Browne. So in the circle of the arts, Did he advance his natnral parts, Jnst as a dog, that... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 532 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....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 ever since contain... | |
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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. 
