| 1780 - 498 páginas
...worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to preferve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not...a difgrace to the furvivors. Our palaces are vaft inbofpi table halls. There the bleak winds, there " Boreas, and Eurus, and Caurus, and Argeftes loud,"... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 páginas
...modern luxury. , ",. ; ' But when the reafon of old eftablimments is gone, it is abfurd to preferve nothing but the burthen of them. This is fuperftitioufly...not fo much an honour to the deceafed, as a difgrace to'the furviyor.s. Our palaces are vaft; inhofpitable halls-. ' Therle the bleak winds, there " Boreas,... | |
| Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 páginas
...king's houfliold. " It is abfurd," he fays, " when the reafon of old eftablifhments is gone, to prefervc nothing but the burthen of them. This is fuperftitioufly...a difgrace to the furvivors. Our palaces are vaft, inhofpitable pitable halls. There the bleak winds, there BOREAS, and EURUS, rfWCAURus, and ARGESTES... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1801 - 368 páginas
...a vial of modern luxury. But when the reafon of old eftablimments is gone, it is abfurd to preferve nothing but the burthen of them. This is fuperftitioufly...a difgrace to the furvivors,. Our palaces are vaft inhofpitable halls. There the bleak winds, there " Boreas, and Eurus, and Caurus, and Argeftes " loud,"... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 454 páginas
...vial of modern luxury. But when the reafon of old eftablifhments is gone, it is abfurd to preferve nothing but the bur.then of them. This is fuperftitioufly...dead, — not fo much an honour to the deceafed, as r'a-difgrace to the furvivors. Our palaces are vaft inhofpitable halls. There the bleak winds, there... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 452 páginas
...This is fupcrftitioufly to embalm a carcafs not worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to prelerve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is...difgrace to the furvivors-. Our- palaces are vaft inhofpitable inhofpitable halls* There the bleak winds, there " Boreas, and Eurus, and Caurus, and... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 páginas
...This is iuperstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors. Our palaces are vast inhospitable... | |
| 1808 - 540 páginas
...This is superstitiously to embalm a carcase not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb : it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, not so much an honor to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors. Our palaces are vast inhospitable... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 468 páginas
...This is superstitiously to embalm a carcase not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivers. Our palaces are vast inhospitable... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 páginas
...This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors. Our palaces are vast inhospitable... | |
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