 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 - Страница 346под редакцията на - 1819Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock - 1982 - 520 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...(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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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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