 ... that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another : the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances,...  The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]. - Page 29by Spectator The - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 pages
...and the church, amus1ng myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing...the whole history of his life being comprehended in those.-two circumstances that are co'mmon to all mankind. I could not but look upon these reg1sters... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing...as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died. They put me in mind... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 610 pages
...and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that 1 met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing...two circumstances, that are common to all mankind. T could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 550 pages
...tombstones and the inscriptions that he met with in those several regions of the dead, most of which recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that...two circumstances that are common to all mankind. The "Spectator" could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 pages
...tombstones and the inscriptions that he met with in those several regions of the dead, most of which recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that...two circumstances that are common to all mankind. The "Spectator" could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as... | |
 | 518 pages
...FIRST. In a number of the Spectator, I meet with the following profoundly philosophical passage : " Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person,...The whole history of his life being comprehended in these two circumstances that are common to all mankind, I could not hut look upon these registers of... | |
 | Richard Caulfield - 1871 - 156 pages
...and the Church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with iu those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing...being comprehended in those two circumstances that arc common to all mankind." " Upon my going into the Church, I entertained myself with the digging... | |
 | Cork, Ireland. St. Fin Barre's Cathedral - 1871 - 156 pages
...and the Church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing...being comprehended in those two circumstances that arc common to all mankind." " Upon my going into the Church, I entertained myself with the digging... | |
 | John Ramsay - 1871 - 414 pages
...the three sentences which follow : — " Most of them — ie the inscriptions on the tombstones — recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that...the whole history of his life being comprehended in these two circumstances, that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon these registers... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing...as a kind of satire upon the departed persons, who had left no other memorial of them but that they were born and that they died. They put me in mind... | |
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