| William Sherlock - Eschatology - 1735 - 398 pages
...his Fallacy, That Death does notbelong to us, and we ought not to b: concerned about it; for while we are, Death is not, and when Death is, we are not: For we may fee and think of Death at a diftance, and if Death be nothing to us, the Thoughts of Death,... | |
| History - 1793
...for fuch as die well, that they are fo happily freed from the miferies of this life ||." Again — ' Confider, brother Toby, — when we are, death is not, and when death is, we are not.'— So Burton translates a paflage in • This is an mkward member of the fcntence. t Thh approaches to... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English fiction - 1762 - 174 pages
...mourning, — its plumes, fcutcheons, and other mechanic aids — • What is it ?— Belter in battle! continued my father, fmiling, for he had abfolutely...not; — and when death is — we are not. My uncle foby laid down his pipe to confider the propofition ; my father's eloquence was too rapid to flay for... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 280 pages
...its mourning, its plumes, fcutche•ons, and other mechanic aids What is it ? — Better in battle ! continued my father, fmiling, for he had abfolutely forgot my brother Bobby — 'tis terrible noway for confider, brother Toby, — when we are — death is not; — and when death is— we are... | |
| English fiction - 1781 - 602 pages
...in battle 1* continued my father, fmiling, for he had ablblutely forgot my Brother Bobby — ' it is terrible no way — for confider, ' brother Toby— when we are — death ' is not and when death и— we aie ' not.'' My Uncle Toby laid down his pipe to confider the proportion : my father's eloquence... | |
| Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Science - 1793 - 728 pages
...the arrangement which produces a ftrong efictt in the companion. U An at. of Mel. p. 216. Again — " Confider, brother Toby, — when we are, death is not, and when death is, we are not" — So Burton tianflales a paflage in Seneca: When we are, death is not ; but when death w, that we... | |
| John Ferriar - 1798 - 334 pages
...reversed the arrange, tnent, which produces a strong effect in the comparison. t Anat. of Mel. p. ai6. when we are, death is not, and when death is, we are not." — So Burton translates a passage in Seneca : When we are, death, is not ; but when death is, then... | |
| Books and bookselling - 1799 - 510 pages
...Again, «< ¡Ve -weave " the fame web full, t-wift the faîne " торе again and again§." Agnin — ' Confider, brother Toby, ' — when we are, death is not, and ' when death is, we are not.1— So Button tranfiates a paflage in Seneca: Whcn ive are, death is not ; but iahen death is,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - Clergy - 1803 - 540 pages
...mourning, — its plumes, efcutcheons, and other mechanic aids, — What is it ? Better in battle ! continued my father, fmiling, for he had abfolutely...— when we are, death is not ; — and when death ?'.v, —we are not. My uncle Toby laid down his pipe to confider the propofition; my father's eloquence... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 310 pages
...forgot my brother BMy — 'tis ti-rrible no way — for confider hrother Ta&y, — when ve ore — death is not ; — and when death is — we are not. My uncle Toby laid down hi pipe, to confider the propofition; my father s eloquence was too rapid to flay for any man — away... | |
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