 Cabrieres which till then he neglected it is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself he tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects and humbles them at the instant makes them cry complain and repent yea even to hate...  Poems - Page 102by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marvin Richardson Vincent - Bible - 1890 - 622 pages
...concluding his "History of the World." "It is therefore Death alone that can make any man suddenly know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that...they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them cry, complain, and repent; yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the... | |
 | William Minto - English language - 1892 - 582 pages
...pleasing passages of our life past." In the same strain he concludes his history : — " It is therefore death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself....He tells the proud and insolent that they are but Alijects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them cry, complain, and repent ; yea, even to hate... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1894 - 458 pages
...life, or hope of it, but they follow the counsel of Death upon his first approach. It is, therefore, Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and the insolent that they are but objects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain,... | |
 | William Minto - English language - 1895 - 584 pages
...concludes his history : — " It is therefore death alone that can suddenly make man to know himgelf. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them cry, complain, and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - Virginia - 1900 - 266 pages
...which till then he neglected. It u therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man know himselfe. He tells the proud and insolent, that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them crie, complaine, and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepassed happinesse. He takes... | |
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 834 pages
...with which the work closes. It is death alone that can suddenly make man to know himselfe. He tels the proud and insolent, that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them crie, complaine, and repent ; yea, even to hate their fore-passed happinesse. He takes... | |
 | Robert Chambers, David Patrick - Authors, English - 1901 - 862 pages
...murderers of the Protestants in Merindol and Cabrieres, which till then he neglected. It is therefore makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1902 - 868 pages
...murderers of the Protestants in Merindol and Cabrieres, which till then he neglected. It is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself....are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account... | |
 | Eduard Engel - English literature - 1902 - 516 pages
...remarkable memorial of the prose of the sixteenth century. A specimen of it deserves to be given : — It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know...He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abject, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 468 pages
...apostrophe which has been justly described as rivalling the finest passages in Sir Thomas Browne : — It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know...are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account... | |
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