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" When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together. "
The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 135
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An index to makind: or Maxims selected from the wits of all nations

Index - 1754 - 180 pages
...Men that divided the World wi»h their Contefts and Difputes, I reflect with Sorrow and Aftonimment on the little Competitions, Factions, and Debates of Mankind ; when I read the feveral Dates of the Tombs, of fome that died as yefterday, and fome iix hundred Years ago, I confider...
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The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends ..., Volume 3

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1778 - 400 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difputes, I reflect with forrow an4 aftonifhment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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The Spectator: ...

1778 - 378 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and diiputes, I reflect with forrow and aftonifhment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difputes ; I refleft with forrow and aftoniihmcnt on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read ,the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 508 pages
...of Southampton by the fame Author. Dedicated to the Gentry of Hampfhire, &c. SPECTATOR in No «~ 2/* N° 27. Saturday, March 31, 1711. Ut nox longa quibus mentitur arnica, diefque Longa videtur of us debentibus, ut piger annus Pupillis, quos dura premit cuftodia matrum ;...
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Of London

Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 556 pages
...that divided the world with their contefts and " difputes, I reflect with forrow and aftonifliment on the little " competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read " the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday,. * Thus translated in the little hiilorical...
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The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London ...

John Bew - 1793 - 330 pages
...that divided the world with their contefls and difputes ; I reflect with forrow and aftonilhment oa the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of Came that •died yefterday, and feme fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London ...

John Bew - 1794 - 358 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difpiites ; I refleft with forrow and alionifhment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of Ibme that died yeftmlay, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse ...

Elizabeth Helme - 1800 - 314 pages
...reflect with sorrow and asto••* riishment on the little competitions, fac• tions, and disputes of mankind: when ' I read the several dates of the...shall all of us be ' contemporaries, and .make our appear« ance together.' On reaching Westminster-hall, Mr. Richardson informed them it was built by...
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An Impartial History of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Its ...

John Baillie - 1801 - 642 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difputes, I reflect with forrow and aftonimment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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