 Had they made as good provision for their names, as they have done for their relics, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. Vain ashes which in the oblivion...  Death and Memory in Early Medieval Britain - Page 1by Howard Williams - 2006Limited preview - About this book
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but paramidally extant, is a fallacy in duratiov — vaiu ashes, which in the oblivion of names, persons, times,. and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblems of mortal vanities, antidotes... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but paramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration — vain si which in the oblivion of names, persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as' emblems of mortal vanities, antidotes... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 546 pages
...to subsist in. bones, and be but paramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration — vain ashes. winch in the oblivion of names, persons, times,. and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblems of mortal vanities, antidotes... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...made as good provision for their names as they have done for their reliques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation; but to subsist in...persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblems of mortal vanities; antidotes... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...made as good provision for their names as they have done for their reliques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation; but to subsist in...persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblems of mortal vanities; antidotes... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...made as good provision for their names, as they have done for their reliques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation. But to subsist in...persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves, a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblems of mortal vanities ; antidotes... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...made as good provision for their names, as they have done for their refiques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation. But to subsist in...persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves, a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblems of mortal vanities ; antidotes... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 pages
...cabinet, as if to proclaim the transitory nature of mortal glory, and the vanity of human greatness. " Vain ashes! which in the oblivion of names, persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity as emblems of mortal vanities'." 1 Vide... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...made as good provision for their names as they have done for their reliques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation. But to subsist in...persons, times, and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity as emblems, of mortal vanities ; antidotes... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be bat pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. Vairi ashes, which in the oblivion of names, persons, times,' and sexes, have found unto themselves a fruitless continuation, and only arise unto late posterity, as emblem? of mortal vanities, antidotes... | |
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