 | 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 - English literature - 1902 - 868 pages
...Merindol and 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...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
...sixteenth century. A specimen of it deserves to be given : — It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. 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
...described as rivalling the finest passages in Sir Thomas Browne : — It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent...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... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - Latin language - 1903 - 456 pages
...Merindol and 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...they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them cry, complain, and repent ; yea, even to hate their fore-passed happiness. He takes the... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 466 pages
...described as rivalling the finest passages in Sir Thomas Browne : — It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent...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... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - Civilization, Modern - 1904 - 384 pages
...the famous passage with which Ralegh's history ends: "It is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent...are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes account... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1904 - 496 pages
...ancient inhabitants, and filling them again with so many and so variable sorts of sorrows. It is death 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 former happiness. It is death takes... | |
 | Thomas Amory - Fiction - 1904 - 496 pages
...ancient inhabitants, and filling them again with so many and so variable sorts of sorrows. It is death 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 former happiness. It is death takes... | |
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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... 
