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" 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. "
Spirit of the English Magazines - Página 141
1831
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Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of ..., Volumen 1

Robert Southey - 1829 - 452 páginas
...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...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 among whom her mortal...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumen 16

1830 - 550 páginas
...moment.— Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings. Who knows whether the best of...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 executioner,...
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National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages ..., Volumen 1

William Jerdan - 1830 - 432 páginas
...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...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." On the introduction of the second person in the dialogue, the author continues, " He asked me, if I...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volúmenes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...in oblivion. But mail is a noble animal, splendid in aslies. and pompous in the grave, solemnising b + tlie infamy of his nature. . . . Pyramids, arches, obelisks were but the irregularities of vainglory,...
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Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 páginas
...expectants 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...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 sufficeth for life ;...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Works of Sir Thomas Browne

1831 - 370 páginas
...expectants 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...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 sufficeth for life ;...
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Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with ...

William Godwin - 1831 - 504 páginas
...remained inaccessible to the weaknesses of other men * . It is the observation of sir Thomas Browne : " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." One of the most remarkable examples of this is to be found in the pyramids of Egypt. They are generally...
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Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 532 páginas
...expectants 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...omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.3 Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small fire sufficeth for...
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Rosamund Gray: Recollections of Christ's Hospital, Etc. Etc

Charles Lamb - 1835 - 376 páginas
...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...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard ..., Volumen 3

1835 - 430 páginas
...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...
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