O eloquent, just, and mighty Death!... Thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet (here lies).

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Topic

Death as equalizer Death

Author

Sir Walter Raleigh

Source

The History of the World

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1614 1610s 17th century

Occupation

Explorer Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Raleigh, Walter. The Historie of the VVorld / In Five Bookes. London: Ben Jonson, 1614, bk. 5, ch. 6.

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Topic
The world Death
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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940, ch. 43.