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The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby]. - Page 483
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...whereto •II present felicities afford no resting contentment, will be able at last to tell us we arc more than our present selves : and evacuate such hopes...treatise on " Urn-burial" was added " The Garden of Cynis, or the quincunxial lozenge, or network plantation of the Ancients, artificially, naturally,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...of better things, the wisdom of God hath necewi. «r sir tated their contentment. Bat the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...in the fruition of their own accomplishments." To hia treatise on " Urn-burial" was added " The Garden of Cyrus, or the quincunxial lozenge, or network...
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Southey's Common-place Book, Volume 1

Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 428 pages
...coenition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment. But the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments." — Sm T. BROWN'S Hydriotaphia, vol. 3, p. 408, ed. Wilkins. [Fresh- Water Still.] " No fresh water...
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Southey's Common-place Book: Choice passages

Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 656 pages
...cognition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment. But the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments." — SIR T. BROWN'S Hydriotaphia, vol. 3, p. 408, ed. Wilkins. [Fresh- Water Still.] " No fresh water...
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Southey's Common-place Book, Volume 1

Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 428 pages
...cosnition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment. I But the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...resting contentment, will be able at last to tell us we arc more than our present selves, and evacuate such hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments."...
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin, Volume 3

sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 1046 pages
...cognition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment : but the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTER V. thin walls of clay, out-worn all the strong and specious buildings above it; and quietly...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Christianity - 1852 - 574 pages
...cognition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment : but the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTER V. thin walls of clay, out-worn all the strong and specious buildings above it ; and quietly...
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin, Volume 3

sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 592 pages
...cognition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment : but the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...we are more than our present selves, and evacuate suck hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTEE V. thin walls of clay, out-worn all...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Christianity - 1852 - 572 pages
...cognition of better being, the wisdom of God hath necessitated their contentment : but the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto...we are more than our present selves, and evacuate suchhopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTEE T. \ thin walls of clay, out-worn all...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1658 - 602 pages
...: but the superior ingredient and obscured part of ourselves, whereto all present felicities aiford no resting contentment, will be able at last to tell...hopes in the fruition of their own accomplishments. CHAPTEE V. Now since these dead bones have already out-lasted the living ones of Methuselah, and in...
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