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" But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature. "
The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature - Seite 262
von Johnstone - 1840
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 Seiten
...memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, tither of our bodies or names, hath directly promised no duration. Wherein...frustration; and to hold long subsistence seems but a scape iri oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the gravej solemnizing nativities...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Band 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 Seiten
...memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names, hath directly promised no. duration. Wherein...boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration; arid to hold long subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a nobl* animal, splendid in...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Band 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 Seiten
...memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names, hath directly promised no duration. Wherein...so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have fotmd unhappy frustration; and to hold long subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a...
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The Reflector: A Quarterly Magazine, on Subjects of Philosophy ..., Band 2

Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 Seiten
...gloves ; also the bu. lial 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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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1813 - 546 Seiten
...memory. God, who can only destroy our souls, and hath assured our resurrection; either of our bodies or names, hath directly promised no duration. Wherein...subsistence seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noblt animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave; solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels ..., Ausgabe 24

General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...important than eloquence, in the words of an author already quoted at the commencement of this note : — " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery, in the infancy of his nature ;" — the reason for which is explained by another author, in words Mill more...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Band 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 Seiten
...an author already quoted at the commencement of this note : — " Man is a noble animal, jsplendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery, in the infancy of his nature;" — the reason for which is explained by another author, in words still more...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1831 - 602 Seiten
...all earthly glory, and the quality of either state, after death, makes a folly of posthumous memory. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." Dr. Gooch. — In the autumn of 1822, Gooch made a tour through North Wales; and on his return passed...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: In Two Parts, Band 2

Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 Seiten
...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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The Quarterly review, Band 21

1819 - 596 Seiten
...being ever, and as content with six foot as the moles of Adrianus.' ' Man,' says the same writer, ' is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infancy of his nature.' It is indeed worthy of notice, that the Caffres are the only savages who have...
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