 Themistocles, therefore, that slew his soldier in his sleep, was a merciful executioner: 'tis a kind of punishment the mildness of no laws hath invented: I wonder the fancy of Lucan and Seneca did not discover it. It is that death by which we may be literally...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Seite 3041864Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 Seiten
...did not difcover it. It is that death by which i we we may be literally faid to die daily, a death which Adam died before his mortality; a death whereby...moderating point between life and death ; in fine, fo like death, I dare not truft it witrToiit my prayers, and an half adieu unto the world, and take... | |
 | Robert Gray - 1808 - 362 Seiten
...live, a middle moderating point between life and death, and so like death, I dare not trust it \\ithout my prayers, and an half adieu unto the world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God. After which I close my eyes in security, content to take my leave of him, and sleep unto the resurrection*."... | |
 | Robert Gray - 1808 - 170 Seiten
...Sir Thomas Brown, " a death whereby we live, a middle moderating point between life and death, and so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers, and an half adieu unto tl;e world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God. After which I close my eyes in security, content... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - 1820 - 558 Seiten
...between life and death ; and so like death, that I dare not trust it without my prayers and a halfadieu unto the world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God. After which I close my eyes in security, content to take my leave of him, and sleep unto the resurrection."... | |
 | 1821 - 488 Seiten
...Seneca did not discover it). It is that death by which we may be literally said to die daily ; a death which Adam died before his mortality, a death whereby...prayers and an half adieu unto the world, and take my farewel in a colloquy with God. The night is corne, like to the day, Depart not thou, great God, away... | |
 | 1821 - 444 Seiten
...Seneca did not discover it). It is that death by which we may be literally said to die daily ; a death which Adam died before his mortality, a death whereby...prayers and an half adieu unto the world, and take my farewel in a colloquy with God. The night is come, like to the day, Depart not thou, great God, away... | |
 | 1830 - 986 Seiten
...for balancing our great account with him, " an hour," says Sir Thomas Brown, " so like death, that I dare not trust it without my prayers and an half adieu to the world." And again, when the cheerful sun uprises, and creation is bathed in a new flood of living... | |
 | 1831 - 370 Seiten
...Seneca did not discover it.* It is that death by which we may be literally said to die daily ; a death which Adam died before his mortality ; a death whereby...death, I dare not trust it without my prayers and a half adieu unto [the world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God, The night is come, like... | |
 | 1832 - 702 Seiten
...Seneca did not discover it.* It is that death by which we may be literally said to die daily ; a death which Adam died before his mortality; a death whereby...in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without ray prayers and a half adieu unto the world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God. • The night... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 592 Seiten
...Seneca did not discover it. It is that death by which we may be literally said to die daily ; a death which Adam died before his mortality ; a death whereby...prayers, and an half adieu unto the world, and take my farewell1 in a colloquy with God : — The night is come, like to the day ; Depart not thou, great... | |
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