Aspects of death and correlated aspects of life in art, epigram, and poetryPaul B. Hoeber, 1918 - 786 páginas |
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... probably have interpreted the meaning of the scene somewhat as follows : " There sits a learned man trying to expound the riddle of life and death , but however learned he may be , and however wise his discourse , what does all his ...
... probably have interpreted the meaning of the scene somewhat as follows : " There sits a learned man trying to expound the riddle of life and death , but however learned he may be , and however wise his discourse , what does all his ...
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... probably helped to remove rather than to increase any natural fear he may have had . Montaigne , and many others , who meditated much on death , were not prevented by fear of death from enjoying and utilizing life . François Augustin ...
... probably helped to remove rather than to increase any natural fear he may have had . Montaigne , and many others , who meditated much on death , were not prevented by fear of death from enjoying and utilizing life . François Augustin ...
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... 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 from their minds . The subject cannot , indeed , be altogether ...
... 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 from their minds . The subject cannot , indeed , be altogether ...
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... probably - even in this mortal life - rewards and punishments are in some way or other adequately balanced according to individual deserts . Few persons nowadays would care to deny the utility of systems of morality , philosophy , and ...
... probably - even in this mortal life - rewards and punishments are in some way or other adequately balanced according to individual deserts . Few persons nowadays would care to deny the utility of systems of morality , philosophy , and ...
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... probably lies in the fact that the Government tried to suppress it after their disasters in the field . The medal , which was evidently coined at the Mint , is of the size and value of a five - franc piece , and displays on its face the ...
... probably lies in the fact that the Government tried to suppress it after their disasters in the field . The medal , which was evidently coined at the Mint , is of the size and value of a five - franc piece , and displays on its face the ...
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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...