 Time hath endless rarities, and shows of all varieties ; which reveals old things in heaven, makes new discoveries in earth, and even earth itself a discovery. That great antiquity America lay buried for thousands of years, and a large part of the earth...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 98edited by - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1875 - 414 pages
...most poetical illustrations of that sublime aphorism. Burial " by making the world itself a grave. " That great antiquity, America, lay buried for thousands...large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us." It is injustice to the spirit of such passages to consider them merely as pieces of far-fetched and... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - English essays - 1875 - 412 pages
...secondly, which Mr. Hazlitt omits to observe, so far Burial" by making the world itself a grave. " That great antiquity, America, lay buried for thousands...large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us." It is injustice to the spirit of such passages to consider them merely as pieces of far-fetched and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...rarities, and shows of all varities ; which reveals old things in heaven, makes new discoveries in earth, and even earth itself a discovery. That great antiquity, America, lay buried for a thousand years ; and a large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us. Though, if Adam were... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...earth, and even earth itself a discovery. Thatgreiti antiquity, America, lay buried fur a tlwujanid years; and a large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us. Though, il Adam were made out of an extract of the earth, nil parts might challenge a restitution,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1882 - 220 pages
...rarities, and shows of all varieties ; which reveals old things in heaven, makes new discoveries in earth, and even earth itself a discovery. That great antiquity...large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us. Though if Adam were made out of an extract of the earth, all parts might challenge a restitution, yet... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1886 - 542 pages
...rarities, and shows of all varieties ; which reveals old things in heaven, makes new discoveries in earth, and even earth itself a discovery. That great antiquity...of years, and a large part of the earth is still in J the urn unto us. Though if Adam were made out of an extract of the earth, all parts might challenge... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1886 - 524 pages
...end chapter or paragraph — " When the funeral pyre was out, and the last valediction over : " — " And a large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us." Dealing with a most vague range of feelings, it is his skill to associate them to very definite objects.... | |
 | Walter Pater - English literature - 1889 - 284 pages
...chapter or paragraph ! — " When the funeral pyre was out, and the last valediction over : " — " And a large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us." Dealing with a very vague range of feelings, it is his skill to associate them to very definite objects.... | |
 | John Aubrey, Sir Thomas Browne - Authors, English - 1890 - 330 pages
...rarities, and shows of all varieties ; which reveals old things in heaven, makes new discoveries in earth, and even earth itself a discovery. That great antiquity...large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us. Though if Adam were made out of an extract of the earth, all parts might challenge a restitution, yet... | |
 | John Aubrey, Sir Thomas Browne - Authors, English - 1890 - 334 pages
...rarities, and shows of all varieties; which reveals old things in heaven, makes new discoveries in earth, and even earth itself a discovery. That great antiquity...large part of the earth is still in the urn unto us. Though if Adam were made out of an extract of the earth, all parts might challenge a restitution, yet... | |
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