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 | Sir Thomas Browne - Burial - 1878 - 598 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 Antiqua;. t Which men show in several countries, giving them what names they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1878 - 560 pages
...deserts and noble acts which are the balsam of our memories, the enteUchia and soul of our subsistences? To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous...without a name, than Herodias with one. And who had not ratuer have been the good thief than Pilate ? " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...soul of our subsistences. To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Cauaauitiah woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias...rather have been the good thief, than Pilate. But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattcreth iier poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - Boys - 1884 - 154 pages
...of our subsistencies ? To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history. The Caananitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias...had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ?' The way to gain a good reputation, accordingto Socrates, is to 'endeavour to be what you desire... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1886 - 542 pages
...entelechia and soul of our subsistences 1 (To be nameless \J in worthy deeda,_ exceeds an infamous hiatoryA The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a...had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate 1 But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, ,/ and deals with the memory of men without... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...and noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the entclechia and soul of our subsistencies i To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous...Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than llerodias with one. And who had not rather have boen the good thief than Pilate? But the iniquity of... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Conduct of life - 1889 - 296 pages
...recollected as Ahab or Jezebel, Nero or Commodus, Messalina or Heliogabalus, King John or Eichard III. ? "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?" 1 Kings and Generals are often remembered as... | |
 | John Aubrey, Sir Thomas Browne - Authors, English - 1890 - 362 pages
...what names they please ; and unto some the names of the old Egyptian kings, out of Herodotus. mous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily...rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1890 - 730 pages
...noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the entelechia 19 and soul of our subsistences ? To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous...rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Christian life - 1891 - 306 pages
...recollected as Ahab or Jezebel, Nero or Commodus, Messalina or Heliogabalus, King John or Richard III. ? "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 ? " 1 Kings and Generals are often remembered... | |
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