| Sir Thomas Browne - 1862 - 466 páginas
...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,...names make up the first story, and the recorded names Before the . . ... flood. ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth... | |
| Robert Herbert Story - 1862 - 574 páginas
...ENQLAND —CHANGE OF VIEWS—PASTORAL ADDRESSRETURN. " THE greater part," says good Sir Thomas Browne, " must be content to be as though they had not been...in the register of God — not in the record of man ; " and among the many so destined to pass away into the Silent Land, few have been humbler and less... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1862 - 552 páginas
...Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names Before the • . ,. . ™ flood ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead Jong exceedeth all that shall live. The nignt_of time far surpasseth the day ; and who knows when was... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 592 páginas
...Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivioa is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not been...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood ; and the recorded names ever since-contain not one living century. The nuinber of... | |
| Charles Loring Brace - 1863 - 500 páginas
...the existence of the FOSSIL or PRE-ADAMITIC MAN.* As says Sir Thomas Browne : — 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 records of men. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The Night of Time far surpasseth... | |
| Sir Daniel Wilson - 1863 - 570 páginas
...being at best only approximations to the desired end. " 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 records of men. Twentyseven names make up the first story before the Flood, and the recorded names... | |
| Charles Loring Brace - 1863 - 562 páginas
...PRE-ADAMITIC MAS. As says Sir Thomas Browne : The greater part must be content to be as though they h«d not been : to be found in the register of God, not in the recoidi of men. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The Night of Time far surpasseth... | |
| Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 páginas
...ingratitude. Maxims, XLVII.— ROCHEFOUCAULT. OBLIVION. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not been...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood ; and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 páginas
...by Chersiphron, an architect of Cnossus, in Crete. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not been...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the Flood; and the recorded names ever .since contain not one living century. The number of... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 492 páginas
...life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content te be as though they had not been; to be found in the register <.' God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood; and... | |
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