 | 1837 - 568 pagina’s
...and Methuselab's long life had been his ' only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greatest part ' must be content to be as though they had not...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-se' ven names make up the first story before the Flood ; and the ' recorded names ever since... | |
 | George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 pagina’s
...first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 pagina’s
...immortalizes transitoriness, and makes obicii sublime: Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must ic content to be as though they had not been, to be found...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one iving century. The number of the dead long exceedeth... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - 346 pagina’s
...first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1842 - 226 pagina’s
...that individuals hope for immortality, or any patent from oblivion, in preservations below the moon. The greater part must be content to be as though they...the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the story of the world before the flood, and the recorded names eve since contain not one living century."... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 pagina’s
...first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. " Oblivion is not to be hired : the greater part must...not been, to be found in the register of God, not in tne record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to bo as though they had not been ; tu ut for the thing I have : My bounty is as boundless...I hear some noise within. Dear love, adieu 1 [A'ur <_>f the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pagina’s
...and Methuselah's lang life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest . [Hallo my Fancy.'] [Anonymous.] In melancholic fancy, «¡все contain not one living century. The number of the dead long excecdeth all that shall live.... | |
 | 1889 - 670 pagina’s
...notorious is a healthy sign. We do not think that it is so in many cases. As Sir Thomas Browne has said, " The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of Qod, not in the record of man"; and there seems no adequate reason why, because a man has benefitted... | |
 | William Quereau Force - 1850 - 292 pagina’s
...Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families lut not three oaks. Oblivion is not to he hired. The greater part must be content to be as though...in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-ieven names make up the first story before the flood, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
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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. 
