...ingratitude. Maxims, XLVII.— ROCHEFOUCAULT. OBLIVION. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood ; and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of...

...find their gravei in onr abort memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in onr survivors " "Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to br as thongh they hud not been ; to be fonnd in the register of God, not in the records of men. Twentyseven...

...built by Chersiphron, an architect of Cnossus, in Crete. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content to be as though they had not...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the Flood; and the recorded names ever .since contain not one living century. The number of...

...life had been his only chronicle. Oblivion is not to be hired : the greatest part must be content te be as though they had not been; to be found in the register <.' God, not in the record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood; and...

...Mizraim cures wounds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams." Truly, it was well said by Sir Thomas Browne, " 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. Twenty-seven names make up the...

...last, 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...of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first story before the flood; and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the...

...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...Twenty-seven names make up the first story and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all...

...existence of the FOSSIL or PRE-ADAMITIC MAN.* As says Sir Thomas Browne:— The greater part must he content to be as though they had not been: to be found in the register of God, not in the records of men. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The Night of Time far surpasseth...

...truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must...Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all...

...truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must...record of man. Twenty-seven names make up the first 309 story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead...