... fallacy, unworthy the desires of a man that can but conceive a thought of the next World; who, in a nobler ambition, should desire to live in his substance in Heaven, rather than his name and shadow in the earth. And therefore at my death I mean to... Religio Medici [and] Its Sequel Christian Morals - Page 76by Sir Thomas Browne - 1844 - 226 pagesFull view - About this book
| sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...dclirc to live in his fubftance in he: rather than in his name and madow on the earth. And therefore, at death, I mean to take a total adieu of the world, not caring a monument, hiftory, or epitaph; not fo much as the bare mem of my name to be found any-where but in... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 pages
...take a total adieu of the world, not caring for a monument, history, or epitaph, not so much as the memory of my name to be found any where, but in the...not yet so cynical as to approve the testament of Diogenea,* nor do I altogether allow that rodomontado of Lucan ; C(E\o tegitur. qui non habet urnam... | |
| English literature - 1831 - 370 pages
...desire to live in his substance in heaven, rather than his name and shadow in the earth. And therefore at my death I mean to take a total adieu of the world,...monument, history, or epitaph, not so much as the memory of my name to be found any where, but in the universal register of God. I am not yet so cynical... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1831 - 180 pages
...desire to live in his substance in heaven, rather than his name and shadow in the earth. And therefore at my death I mean to take a total adieu of the world,...monument, history, or epitaph, not so much as the memory of my name to be found anywhere, but in the universal register of God. I am not yet so cynical... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1835 - 592 pages
...desire to live hi his substance in heaven, rather than his name and shadow in the earth.9 And therefore, at my death, I mean to take a total adieu of the world,...not yet so cynical, as to approve the testament of Diogenes,*1 nor do I altogether allow2 that rodomontade of Lucan ;3 • Ccelo tfgitur, qui iton habtt... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 592 pages
...shadow in the earth.9 And therefore, at myi death, I mean to take a total adieu of the world, nofcaring for a monument, history, or epitaph; not so much as...not yet so cynical, as to approve the testament of Diogenes,*1 nor do I altogether allow2 that rodomontado of Lucan ;3 Ccelo tegitnr, qui non habet urnam.... | |
| American literature - 1836 - 694 pages
...bell, though in my mirth, without my prayers and best wishes for the departing spirit." And again : "At my death I mean to take a total adieu of the world,...monument, history, or epitaph, not so much as the memory of my name to be found anywhere but in the universal register of God Methinks I have outlived... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...desire to live in his substance in heaven, rather than his name and shadow in the earth. And therefore at my death I mean to take a total adieu of the world,...monument, history, or epitaph, not so much as the memory of my name(94) to befound anywhere, but in the universal register of God. I am not yet so cynical,... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Families - 1841 - 576 pages
...and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter." " At my death," says Sir Thomas Browne, " I mean to take a total adieu of the world, not caring...monument, history, or epitaph : not so much as the memory ot my own name to be found anywhere, but in the universal register of God." One Jflinute too... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1844 - 320 pages
...desire to live in his substance in heaven rather than his name and shadow in the earth. And therefore at my death I mean to take a total adieu of the world,...but in the universal register of God. I am not yet BO cynical as to approve the testament of Diogenes,* nor do I altogether allow that rodomontado of... | |
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