To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate? Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects - Page 259by John Aubrey, Sir Thomas Browne - 1890 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
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...exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Ilerodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good...without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can bat pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratns lives, that burnt the temple of Diana ; he is almost... | |
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| 1896 - 818 pages
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| 1826 - 548 pages
...soul of our subsistences ? To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds au infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias...than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scatteretb her poppy,, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.... | |
| 1826 - 548 pages
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| 1828 - 1538 pages
..." The iniquity of oblivion," apostrophizeth the eloquent Sir Thomas Broune, hi his Hydriotophia, " blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory...men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who canbutpity the founder of the Pyramids ? Erostratos lives, who burned the temple of Diana — he is... | |
| 1831 - 370 pages
...Cuperem notum esse quod sim, non opto ut sciatur qualis sim. Card, in Vita propria. tory. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias...had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate 1 But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without... | |
| 1836 - 694 pages
...fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors. But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations,... | |
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