Mourning

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How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Death of friends Friends Death Loss Mourning

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Letters of Alexander Pope

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1732 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Pope, Alexander and John Arbuthnot. Letter to Jonathan Swift. 5 Dec. 1732.

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A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.

Philippe Ariès

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Topic

Missing someone Losing a loved one Grief Mourning

Author

Philippe Ariès

Source

Western Attitudes Toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Aries, Philippe. Western Attitudes Toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974.

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O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!

David

2nd Samuel, 18:33

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Topic

Fathers and sons Losing a loved one Grief Loss Mourning

Speaker

David

Source

2nd Samuel The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

722 BC 720s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (2nd Samuel 18:33).

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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Jesus

Matthew 5:4

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Topic

Mourning Loss Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:4).

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

C.S. Lewis

A Grief Observed

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Topic

Grief Mourning

Author

C.S. Lewis

Source

A Grief Observed

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lewis, C.S., published as N.W. Clerk. A Grief Observed. Faber and Faber, 1961, ch. 1.

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Grief is a species of idleness.

Samuel Johnson

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Topic

Grief Mourning

Author

Samuel Johnson

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1773 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Letter to Mrs. Thrale. 17 Mar. 1773.

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Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Les Meditations Poetiques

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Topic

Mourning Grief

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

L'Isolement Les Meditations Poetiques

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Citation

De Lamartine, Alphonse. "L'Isolement [Isolation]." Recueillements poétiques [Poetic Meditations]. Paris: Imp P. Didot L'aine, 1820.