 | 1789 - 508 pages
...with in thofe feveral regions of the dead. Moft of them recorded nothing elfe of the buried perfon, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another : the whole hiftory of his life being comprehended in thofe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...with in thofe feveral regions of the dead, Moft of them recorded nothing elfe of the buried perfon, but that he was born upon one day and died upon another : The whole hiftory of his life being comprehended in thofe two circumftances, that are common to all mankind.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the...the buried person, but that he was born upon one day r and died upon another: the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances,... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...church yard, the cloisters and the church ; amusing myself with the tomb stones and inscriptions, which I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most...that he was born upon one day, and died upon another ; two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon those registers of existence,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...kind of melancholy or rather thoughtfulness , that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed the whole afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the...dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried persons, but that he was born upon one day and died upon another,; the whole history of his life being... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the...inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the de;id. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1818 - 1000 pages
...soul. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloister!), and the chnrch,ffm«ting myself with the tomb-stones and Inscriptions that I met with In those setteral regions of the dead. ADDISON. His diversion on this occasion was to see the cross bows, mistaken... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...of melancholy', or rather thoughtfulness', that is not disagreeable'. I yesterday passed the whole afternoon in the church'-yard, the cloisters', and...life being comprehended in those two circumstances', thal are common to all' mankind. I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether brass... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...yard, the cloisters and the church ; amusing myself with the tomh stones and inscriptions, which 1 met with in those several regions of the dead. Most...that he was born upon one day, and died upon another; two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look up»n those registers of existence,... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...yard, the cloisters and the church ; amusing myself with the tomb stones and inscriptions, which 1 met with in those several regions of the dead. Most...that he was born upon one day, and died upon another ; two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon those registers of existence,... | |
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... who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole 5 afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and... 
