 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 ページ
...will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. « Our fathers,» says Sir Thomas Brown, « find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors. » History fades into fable ; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription moulders... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 ページ
...moment. .. ,. Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle* must conclude and shut up all. There is no antidote...our survivors. Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years.f Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks. To be * The... | |
 | 1830 - 550 ページ
...Urn-burial, aiFords passages of splendid eloquence that cannot easily be equalled. For example — " There is no antidote against the opium of time, which...sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors'. To be read by bare in4 scriptions, like many in Gruter ; to hope for eternity by any metrical epithets,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 ページ
...a moment. Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle (3) rightly hailed the morn; But ah ! oppression forced me from my opiyim of tinu;, which temporally cousidereth all things. Our father.-* find their graves in our short... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 ページ
...past a moment. Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle * must conclude and shut up all. There is no antidote...memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survi* 0, the character of death. TOTS. Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years.* Generations pass... | |
 | 1831 - 370 ページ
...past a moment. Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle * must conclude and shut up all. There is no antidote...memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survi* 0, the character of death. vors. Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years.* Generations pass... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 ページ
...in turn', be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow'. " Our fathers'," says Sir Thomas Brown', " find their graves in our short memories', and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors'." History fades into fable'; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy'; the inscription moulders... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 ページ
...will in turn be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. " Our fathers," says Sir Thomas Brown, " find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors." History fades into fable ; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy ; the inscription moulders... | |
 | 1834 - 532 ページ
...will in turn be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. ' Our fathers,' says Sir Thomas Brown, ' find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.' History fades into fable; — fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy ; the inscription moulders... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 532 ページ
...past a moment. Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right lined circle * must conclude and shut up all. There is no antidote...survivors. Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. jGenerations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks. To be read by bare... | |
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There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things: our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors. 
