 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
 | Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock - 1982 - 520 pages
...an eine Stelle im j. Kapitel von Thomas Brownes »Hydriotaphia« (»Urne-Burial«) (1658): But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave <. . .>. (T. Browne, The works. Ed. by G. Keynes. Bd i. London 1964. S. 169.) 71, 16/17 Philemon u... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 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...the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature. (Pp. 312-13) The solemnity... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Welsh poet Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English doctor, author I am a temporary enclosure for a temporary purpose;... | |
 | Susan Hill - 1992 - 198 pages
...Adversity stretcheth out our days, misery makes Alcmena's nights, and time hath no wings to it.' 'But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in...ceremonies of bravery in the infancy of his nature. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible fire within us.' "Tis all one to lie in St Innocent's... | |
 | Cedric Clive Brown - 1993 - 318 pages
...assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration.... But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature, (p. 169) The irony... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...were valued living. EMILY 8RONTË (181 8-48), English novelist. Withering Heights, ch. 13(1847). 5 Man " in Wine from These Grapes (1934). 10 The childhood shows the SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-82). English doctor, author. Urn Burial, ch. 5(1658). 6 All that tread. The... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1922-1986) British poet. "Days," st. 1, The Whitsun Weddings (1964). Written Aug. 3, 1953. Dead, the 1 Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. THOMAS BROWNE, (1605-1682) British doctor, author. Urn Burial, ch. 5 (1658). 2 An orphan's curse would... | |
 | Achsah Guibbory - 2006 - 304 pages
...assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration . . . But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature, (p. 169) The irony... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Generatlons pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks. 1607 Hydriotaphia Man stress' I would Love you ten years before the flood: And you sh 1608 Religlo Medici Who can speak of eternity without a solecism, or think thereof without an ecstasy?... | |
 | David M. Delo - 2000 - 292 pages
...in evolution. The people who oppose you are without honor. You should read Sir Thomas Browne: 'Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.'" Nick and I had lunch at the Hippo on Van Ness, then headed for the post office. While I was doing a... | |
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