| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 572 էջ
...fossilium. THOMAS BROWNE. Norwich, 1665. [ON DREAMS.] [H«. SLOAN. 1874, fol. 118, 120.] HALF our days we pass in the shadow of the earth ; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives. A good part of our sleep is peered out with visions and fantastical... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 578 էջ
...fossilium, THOMAS BROWNE. Norwich, 1665. [ON DREAMS.] [MS. SLOAN. 1874, fol. 112, 120.] HALF our days we pass in the shadow of the earth ; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives. A good part of our sleep is peered out with visions and fantastical... | |
| Sir Henry Holland - 1840 - 800 էջ
...in its medical relations, has even yet received all the notice it deserves. Much * " Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth, and the brother of death extracteth a third part of our lives," saj-s Sir Thomas Browne ; a writer whose genius and eloquence give him a high place in English literature,... | |
| British and foreign sailors' society - 1841 - 412 էջ
...and blend themselves deeply and strongly with every part of our mental existence." " Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth, and the brother of death extracteth a third part of our lives." FRITZ HAZELL,— A TEMPERANCE TALE. f'anlinui'd from page 240. In a few days the clothes were finished,... | |
| Samuel Dickson - 1845 - 216 էջ
...tendency to decay. The last, and one of the most important of the revolutions of the healthy state, is SLEEP. Philosophers of all ages have made this an...Browne, " we pass in the shadow of the earth, and Sleep, the brother of Death, extracteth a third part of our lives." In the state of perfect sleep,... | |
| 1847 - 726 էջ
...of the phenomena of the living condition, sleep and death demand from us a brief notice. " Half of our days," says Sir Thomas Browne, " we pass in the shadow of the earth, and the brother of death extracleth a third part of our lives." There is no analogy in truth between these two states, which... | |
| 1847 - 724 էջ
...of the phenomena of the living condition, sleep and death demand from us a brief notice. " Half of our days," says Sir Thomas Browne, " we pass in the shadow of the earth, and the brother of death extracleth a third part of our lives." There is no analogy in truth between these two states, which... | |
| 1848 - 914 էջ
...one of the most important of the revolutions of the healthy state, is SLEEP. Philosopher? of all ases have made this an object of their most anxious study,...Browne, " we pass in the shadow of the earth, and sleep, the brother of death, extracteth a third part of our lives." In the state of perfect sleep,... | |
| Samuel Dickson - 1850 - 230 էջ
...tendency to decay. The last, and one of the most important of the revolutions of the healthy state, is SLEEP. Philosophers of all ages have made this an...Browne, " we pass in the shadow of the earth, and Sleep, the brother of Death, extracteth a third part of our lives." In the state of perfect sleep,... | |
| Sir Henry Holland - 1852 - 356 էջ
...further, how singularly shadowing forth to our conception the greater and more lasting * " Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth, and the brother of death extracteth a third part of our lives," says Sir Thomas Browne; a writer whose genius and eloquence give him a high place in English literature,... | |
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