The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a friend, upon occasion of the death of his intimate friend. Christian morals, &c. Miscellany tracts. Repertorium. Miscellanies. Domestic correspondence, journals, &c. Miscellaneous correspondence |
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But man is a noble animal , splendid in ashes , and pompous in the grave , solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre , nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.3 Life is a pure flame , and we live by an ...
But man is a noble animal , splendid in ashes , and pompous in the grave , solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre , nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.3 Life is a pure flame , and we live by an ...
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| Title | The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a friend, upon occasion of the death of his intimate friend. Christian morals, &c. Miscellany tracts. Repertorium. Miscellanies. Domestic correspondence, journals, &c. Miscellaneous correspondence Bohn's antiquarian library Volume 3 of The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Sir Thomas Browne |
| Author | Sir Thomas Browne |
| Editor | Simon Wilkin |
| Publisher | H. G. Bohn, 1852 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Oct 2006 |
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