 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 sider
...Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been...in the register of God, not in the record of man. * * • A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a transmigration of their... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 sider
...Methuselah's long life, had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part mast ke content to be as though they had not been ; to be...in the register of God,, not in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a transmigration of their souls.... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 546 sider
...Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired ; the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been ; to be found in the register of God, pot in the record of man. * * A great part of antiquity contented their hopes of subsistency with a... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 380 sider
...THEIR GRAVES IN OUR SHORT MEMORIES, AND SADLY TELL US HOW WE SHALL BE BURIED IN OUR SURVIVORS. L.ET ME BE FOUND IN THE REGISTER OF GOD, NOT IN THE RECORD OF MAN." " Poor Barbara," said Mrs Elizabeth, after our youth had read the words aloud; — "poor Barbara !... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 sider
...Methusaleh's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living... | |
 | 1826 - 548 sider
...and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been;...exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpassed! the day, and who knows when was the equinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic,... | |
 | 1820 - 398 sider
...immortalizes transitoriness, and makes oblivion sublime : " Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...Twenty,seven names make up the first story, and the rtcorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 sider
...nut. to be hired : the greatest part must b« content to be я& though they had not 1хчч1 ; tobo ކ>l a ! name» make up the first story before the Flood: and the recorded пашен ever since contain not... | |
 | 1831 - 370 sider
...and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...Twenty-seven names make up the first story,* and the recorded * Before the flood. names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 sider
...Bent is his tiead of age; red his tearful eye. Ossian. Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Sir Thomas Browne. So in the circle of the arts, Did he advance his natnral parts, Jnst as a dog, that... | |
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Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the Register of God, not in the record of man. 
