 | 1834 - 754 Seiten
...medio ejus. , ii. THE NEW-MARRIED LADY. Me et te sola mors separabit. Kuth, i. " If it be necessary oil any occasion to personify Death, this were surely...by the appellation of the Dance of Death, which it bas, in part, derived from the grotesque and often ludicrous attitudes of the figures that composed... | |
 | 1834 - 724 Seiten
...the favourite and principal emblem of mortality among our ancestors, appears to have been the inorul and allegorical pageant familiarly known by the appellation...often ludicrous attitudes of the figures that composed ic, and especially from the active and sarcastical mockery of the ruthless tyrant upon its victims,... | |
 | CANTAB. - 1859 - 78 Seiten
...Abbess. 9. The Hermit and the Old Man. 10. The Emperor and the King. The Dance of Death derives its name from the grotesque and often ludicrous attitudes of...active and sarcastical mockery of the ruthless tyrant, usually represented by a skeleton, upon its victims. For further information on this subject, the reader... | |
 | 1862 - 538 Seiten
...mankind. ' The favourite and principal emblem of mortality among our ancestors appears to have hcen tho moral and allegorical pageant familiarly known by...from the grotesque and often ludicrous attitudes of tho figures that composed it, and especially from the activo and sarcastical mockery of the ruthless... | |
 | John Reynolds Francis - 1894 - 412 Seiten
...continually before the eyes, or otherwise in the recollection of the early Christians; but the favorite and principal emblem of mortality among our ancestors...pageant familiarly known by the appellation of the Dance oj Death, which it has, in part, derived from the grotesque and often ludicrous attitudes of the figures... | |
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... and bones of modern, and the entire skeletons of former times, especially during the middle ages, had, probably, derived their origin from the vast quantities of sanctified human relics that were continually before the eyes, or otherwise in the recollection... 