 Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.  Publications - Page 101by Arkansas Historical Association - 1911Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1878 - 560 pages
...unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. " Oblivion is not to.be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though...been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood, and the recorded names... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Burial - 1878 - 598 pages
...first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to bs found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not...been ; to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the Flood; and the recorded nanus... | |
 | English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part mast riticism re record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 pages
...and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon' without the favor of the everlasting register. Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether...been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1882 - 220 pages
...first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must...been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story and the recorded names ever since contain... | |
 | Charles Elihu Slocum - 1882 - 716 pages
...fathers find their graves in our short memories and tell us how we may be buried in our survivors. Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must...— to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man." Care has been exercised to maintain correct orthography in names. It is probable, however,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 pages
...be not more remarkable persons forgot than any that stand remembered in the known account of time ? The greater part must be content to be as though they...been ; to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood, and the recorded names... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 558 pages
...and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not...been; to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man. Twentyseven names make up the first story before the Flood; and the recorded names ever... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 538 pages
...Methnselah's long life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired: the greatest part mnst be content to be as though they had not been; to be found in the register of ijod, not in the record of man. Twenty seven names make up the first story before the Flood; and the... | |
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