...its success was derided by many of the miners of the adjacent coal-field." MONUMENTS TO THE DEAD. " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave."— SIR TUOMAS BROWNE. THE practice of erecting monuments to the dead is of great antiquity. It is almost...

...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration ; and to hold long subsistence,...ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. A small fire sufficeth for life, great...

...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration, and to hold long subsistence...ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." has published, it is fair to add, that they contain some translations from Plato written with much...

...MEMBEBS OP THE OXFOBD SOCIETY FOB PBOMOTING THE STUDY OP GOTHIC ABCHITECTUBE. BY JH MARKLAND, FRSSA Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing natjj-ities and deaths with equal lustre."—Sir T. Brown, Hydriotaphia, chap. v. OXFORD, JOHN HENBY...

...and, for its especial purpose, tricks it out in the frippery of life. "Man," says Sir Thomas Browne, " is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave; solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre; nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy...

...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration, and to hold long subsistence...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamyf of his nature." No one can read this beautiful passage without being deeply impressed with...

...directly promised no duration. Wherein there is so much of chance, that the boldest expectants have found unhappy frustration ; and to hold long subsistence,...solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omiting ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an...

...ejaculations — requiescat in pace — sit ilia terra levis ! Well may we say with Sir Thomas Brown — 'Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous...solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, and not omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.' It were indeed, a vain hope, by...

...sun to paint of all hues and shades, from the quietest grey to the most gorgeous purple. CHAPTER X. Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. SIR THOMAS BROWNB. En songeant quelquefois aux elucubrations auxquelles la latitude de mon sujet m'a...

...AND ON THE EXPEDIENCY OF RENDERING SUBSERVIENT TO PIOUS AND CHRISTIAN USES BY JH MARKLAND, FRS & SA Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solem nizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, SIR T. BROWNE, OXFORD, JOHN HENRY PARKER: OF...