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" ... leaves resume their verdure again ; which, if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in churchyards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as an emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure,... "
A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine - Page 349
edited by - 1811
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North Wales ... delineated from two excursions, Volume 2

William Bingley - 1804 - 492 pages
...Thomas Brown, in his Urn Burial, fays, " it may admit conjecture, whether the planting of yew trees in church-yards, had not its original from ancient funeral rites> or as an emblem of refurreciion, from its perpetual verdure." An intelligent writer has remarked, that in this country...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 1

Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in church yards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture." Young, in one of his cold conceits, exclaims, " How populous, how vital...
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The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, Volume 1

1820 - 394 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in church yards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture." Young, in one of his cold conceits, exclaims, " How populous, how vital...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 1

Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in church yards, hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture." Young, in one of his cold conceits, exclaims " How populous, how vital...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in charcliyards hold soft sile may also admit conjecture.' Among tbe beauties of expressionin Browne, may be quoted the following...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Works of Sir Thomas Browne

English literature - 1831 - 370 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in church-yards holds not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture. They made use of music to excite or quiet the affections of their friends,...
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Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1835 - 526 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in churchyards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture. They made use of musick to excite or quiet the affections of their friends,...
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Cemetery interment

George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in firs. Whether the planting of yew in church-yards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture. They made use of music to excite or quiet the affections of their friends,...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 38

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1840 - 514 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in church yards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture." Young, in one of his cold conceits, exclaims, " How populous, how vital...
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Religio Medici: To which is Added Hydriotaphia, Or Urn-burial; a Discourse ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...if we mistake not, we have also observed in firs. Whether the planting of yew in church-yards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as...emblem of resurrection from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture. They made use of music to excite or quiet the affections of their friends,...
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