 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 Quarterly Review - Page 346edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...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." AVhoever drew up this little advertisement, certainly understood this appetite in the species, and... | |
 | 1826 - 548 pages
...have found unhappy frustration, and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature ! i < Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...have found unhappy frustration; and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small fire... | |
 | 1826 - 548 pages
...have found unhappy-frustration, and to hold long subsistence, seems but a scape in oblivion. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave; solemnizing nativities and deaths Avith equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature ! Life is a pure... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pages
...; also the burial fees to be 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1828 - 266 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 466 pages
...dress had been, in the same journal, scarce eighteen months before. " Man," says Sir Thomas Brown, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." These things led me in spirit to the vault, and I thought of the memorable dead... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 452 pages
...dress had been, in the same journal, scarce eighteen months before. " Man," says Sir Thomas Brown, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." These things led me in spirit to the vault, and I thought of the memorable dead... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 456 pages
...dress had been, in the same journal, scarce eighteen months before. " Man," says Sir Thomas Brown, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." These things led me in spirit to the vault, and I thought of the memorable dead... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...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 in...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy o£ his nature." WHY THE HANGMAN 18 CALLED JACK KETCH. IN 1 664, Dun was the name of the public... | |
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