| 1826 - 316 trang
...world will proceed in Us old course, people will; laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. ' The memory of man,' as it is elegantly expressed in the Wisdom of Solomon, ' passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.' There are... | |
| 1826 - 890 trang
...course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast as they wej-e used to do. The memory of man passeth away as the remembrance of ¿a guest that tarrieth but one day !" I must confess that I have gathered much amusement from the quaint, and often ludicrous epitaphs... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1827 - 390 trang
...were used to do. ' The me" mory of man' (as it is elegantly expressed " in the Wisdom of Solomon) ' passeth " away as the remembrance of a guest that...chapter of the " same book, to make any young man con" tented with the prospect of death. 'For " honourable age is not that which standeth " in length... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 trang
...to do.* The memory of man— as it is elegatitly expressed in tho Book of Wisdom— pusseth away a« harlotte ; yon saw that wns quite an extempore hiipiiicss. No, hifug it, no. it iu the fourth chapter of the same hook, to make any young man contented with the prospect of d.'iith.... | |
| Henry Cogswell Knight - 1831 - 278 trang
...reverie. The fascinating pageantry of human scenes will vanish like a vain show. The memory of man passeth away, as the remembrance of a guest, that tarrieth but one day. ' Every hour carries us nearer to the fragrant atmosphere of angels, or to the pestilential vapours... | |
| 1833 - 388 trang
...course ; people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast as they were used to do. The memory of man passeth away, as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day." During my perigrinations about town, I have occasionally fallen in with a well-dressed, tall, thin,... | |
| 1836 - 342 trang
...world will proceed in its old course ; people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. ' The memory of man' (as it is elegantly...enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make a young man contented with the prospect of death. ' For honourable age is not that which standeth in... | |
| George Augustus Addison - 1837 - 372 trang
...exit, the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green : people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast as...man contented with the prospect of death. — ' For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years ; but... | |
| Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 trang
...world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. ' The memory of man,' as it is elegantly expressed in the Wisdom of Solomon, ' passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.' There are... | |
| 1839 - 272 trang
...world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily and marry as fast as they were used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly...young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable age is not that which standeth in len«th of time, or is measured by number of years. But... | |
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