For the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I cast mine eye on; for the other, I use it but like my globe, and turn it round... No Hero: An Autobiography : [a Novel] - Sida 322efter Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1863 - 355 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1862 - 468 sidor
...to relate, were not a history, but a piece of poetry, and would sound to common ears like a fable : for the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself; it is the microcosm of mine own frame that I cast mine eye on ;... | |
| Sir William Hamilton - 1862 - 584 sidor
...the species, that " the proper study of mankind is man." " For the world," says Sir Thomas Browne, " I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself ; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I cast mine eye on ; for... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1869 - 244 sidor
...to relate, were not a history, but a piece of poetry, and would sound to common ears like a fable. For the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself ; it is the microcosm of my own frame * " Cic. de Off.," 1. iii.... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1874 - 459 sidor
...me, in the heavy time that followed my return to Paris. I had lost everything in losing her I loved. I had no aim in life. No occupation. No hope. No rest....her. I had a haunting conviction that she was not far off, and that, if I only had strength to persevere, I must find her. Possessed by this fixed idea,... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1874 - 132 sidor
...to relate, were not a history, but a piece of poetry, and would sound to common ears like a fable. For the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself ; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I cast mine eye on : for... | |
| Duchess - 1877 - 348 sidor
...marked with a disgraceful brand. With an old writer— whom I now forget — I can truly say, — " For the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in." At last I wake to the fact that I am ill, — dreadfully ill. There can be no doubt of it ; and yet... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 sidor
...which to relate were not a history, but a piece of poetry, and would sound to common ears like a fable. For the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital, and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself ; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I can cast mine eye on—... | |
| John Edward Jackson - 1879 - 214 sidor
...gives warning to all the rest of this ' little kingdom ' MAN to arm." Browne (in " ReBgio Medici ") : " For the world, I count it not an Inn, but an Hospital : a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself. It is the ' microcosm ' of... | |
| J. E. Jackson - 1879 - 216 sidor
...gives warning to all the rest of ibis ''little kingdom' MAN to arm." Browne (in "Refigio Medici") : " For the world, I count it not an Inn, but an Hospital : a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself. It is the ' microcosm ' of... | |
| 1881 - 552 sidor
...to relate were not a history, but а piece of poetry, and would sound to common ears like a fable. For the world, I count it not an inn but an hospital, and a place not to live but to die in. The world that I regard is myself ; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I can cast mine eye on,... | |
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