The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1983 - 351 psl. "Reading for this anthology," writes D.J. Enright, "I was moved to the thought that on no theme have writers shown themselves more lively." A survivor of Belsen voiced the same sentiment when, reflecting on the concentration camps, he wrote, "When in death we are in the midst of life." By turns poignant, tragic, comic, and inspiring, this anthology of thoughts about death ranges from ancient times to the present day--including almost 900 selections by poets, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and common people. Arranged under headings such as "Love," "War," "Last Words," and "Children," these selections show the varied, sometimes surprising, reactions of the dying and the bereaved to the final human act. |
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... heard a great sound of a trumpet , and saw also a man sit upon a cloud , attended with the thousands of Heaven : they were all in flaming fire ; also the heavens were in a burning flame . I heard then a voice , saying , ' Arise , ye ...
... heard a great sound of a trumpet , and saw also a man sit upon a cloud , attended with the thousands of Heaven : they were all in flaming fire ; also the heavens were in a burning flame . I heard then a voice , saying , ' Arise , ye ...
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... heard a Voice , Tolle , lege . He took up his Bible , and dipt on Rom . 13 , 13 , Not in rioting and drunkenness , not in chambering and wantonness , & c . , and reformed his Manners upon it . AUBREY , op . cit . : Some societies let ...
... heard a Voice , Tolle , lege . He took up his Bible , and dipt on Rom . 13 , 13 , Not in rioting and drunkenness , not in chambering and wantonness , & c . , and reformed his Manners upon it . AUBREY , op . cit . : Some societies let ...
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... heard her say when many years were gone by that she had more pleasure in thinking of those 4 than of her living Children , for as Children get up and have families of their own their duty to their parents " wears out and weakens " . She ...
... heard her say when many years were gone by that she had more pleasure in thinking of those 4 than of her living Children , for as Children get up and have families of their own their duty to their parents " wears out and weakens " . She ...
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