Aspects of death and correlated aspects of life in art, epigram, and poetryPaul B. Hoeber, 1918 - 786 páginas |
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... , from some For the author has certainly no hope that anyone will read the book right through as some persons read novels . of which I have extensively quoted . To the Contessa viii ASPECTS OF DEATH IN ART AND EPIGRAM .
... , from some For the author has certainly no hope that anyone will read the book right through as some persons read novels . of which I have extensively quoted . To the Contessa viii ASPECTS OF DEATH IN ART AND EPIGRAM .
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... persons the aspect varies from time to time , according to moods and circumstances . Age certainly often modifies the aspect , as Mr. Edmond G. A. Holmes recently stated that it had done in his own case.5 As for death's real aspect ...
... persons the aspect varies from time to time , according to moods and circumstances . Age certainly often modifies the aspect , as Mr. Edmond G. A. Holmes recently stated that it had done in his own case.5 As for death's real aspect ...
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... persons do not meditate much on their own death , but , rather , they look on death as something concerning their neigh- bours , friends , and others - not themselves ( cf. Part II . , xix . , xx . ) . A man may trust in the beneficence ...
... persons do not meditate much on their own death , but , rather , they look on death as something concerning their neigh- bours , friends , and others - not themselves ( cf. Part II . , xix . , xx . ) . A man may trust in the beneficence ...
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... persons this last may be good advice , but the fear of death must not be confused with thinking about death . The book of the " Meditations " of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( A.D. 121-180 ) , called " the philosopher , " is full ...
... persons this last may be good advice , but the fear of death must not be confused with thinking about death . The book of the " Meditations " of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( A.D. 121-180 ) , called " the philosopher , " is full ...
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... persons with a morbid , haunting , horror of the idea of death it is probably a mistake to allow their thoughts constantly to dwell on the subject . But it may perhaps be equally a mistake to endeavour to completely banish the subject ...
... persons with a morbid , haunting , horror of the idea of death it is probably a mistake to allow their thoughts constantly to dwell on the subject . But it may perhaps be equally a mistake to endeavour to completely banish the subject ...
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Términos y frases comunes
amongst ancient Anthol antique bears body Boscoreale British Museum bronze Charon Christian coins commemorating compared connexion corpse crossed bones Dance of Death dead death's-head device Diameter died doubtless dying edition emblem English engraved gems Epicurean Epicurus epigram Epigrammatists epitaph Etruscan exergue famous figure finger-rings French funeral Furtwängler German Graec Greek Anthology H. P. Dodd H. R. Storer Havelock Ellis head hour-glass human skull Hypnos idea illustrated inches inscribed inscription intaglio John kind King Latin legend likewise lines live London Lord Neaves Madai medalets medallist Mediaeval memento mori memento mori medal modern Moriendi mors Mort mortis motto obverse pain Palladas Paris physician poem portrait quod quoted referred regard representation represented reverse Roman sarcophagus satirical scene sepulchral monuments silver similar sixteenth century skeleton soul struck sun-dial Thaler Thaler-Cabinet thanatophobia Thanatos thou tomb translation various verses Vita Vollst winged
Pasajes populares
Página 19 - Tis hard to part when friends are dear— • Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Página 63 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Página 424 - To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
Página 266 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks...
Página 266 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...
Página 315 - The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason (as all men know. In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night. Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Página 265 - Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Página 172 - May. There is no death! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread; He bears our best loved things away, And then we call them "dead.
Página 268 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death \ whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Página 424 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...