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 | William D'Arcy Haley - Conduct of life - 1855 - 190 pages
...too mean an opinion of himself, it will render him unserviceable both to God and man." — SELBES. " To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Ilerodias with one To subsist in lasting monuments, to lire in their productions, to exist in their... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...noble acts, which arc the balsam of our memories, the cntelecàia and soul of our subsistences? To bo nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history....Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodotus with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? lint the iniquity... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...exceeds an itífamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodotus with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? l'ut the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Christian biography - 1858 - 88 pages
...unwritten, save " in the Lamb's book of life." " 'V*&. Cacaanitish woman," says^e ^rox<3&^rc*s*--. " lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. And who would not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ?" A bragging bully, who has impertinently elbowed... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...deserts and noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the essence and soul of our subsistences ? To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...deserts and noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the essence and soul of our subsistences ? To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been,... | |
 | English language - 1861 - 634 pages
...reader to the side of our pleasant friend of the " Urn-burial," in another of his apt allusions : " To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? " So Wordsworth sings the satisfying consciousness and lasting remembrance of— " That best portion... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English language - 1861 - 322 pages
...snct. a tract, the history of our country during the thirteenth century, may not unaptly be compared. To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous...happily without a name, than Herodias with one. And who would not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? But so have I seen the sun kiss the frozen... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1862 - 484 pages
...noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the "entelechia " and soul of our subsistences ? Yet to be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? » Gruteri Inscriptionc s Antiqute. t Which men show in several countries, giving them what names... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1862 - 478 pages
...noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the " entelechia " and soul of our subsistences ? Yet to be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? * Gruteri Inscriptiones Antiquse. t Which men show in several countries, giving them what names they... | |
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