 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun , and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." But who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It is...holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity; and they acknowledge it 0 eloquent, just and mighty Death... | |
 | 1861 - 790 pages
...speaks thus, among the latest of his words : — _ " . . . 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 forepassed happiness. He takes the... | |
 | Edward N. Marks - 1861 - 314 pages
...very appropriate to such an occasion : — " It is therefore death alone that can suddenly make a man know himself; he tells the proud and insolent that...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... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...believed ; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred 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... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...believed ; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred It is Death alone that can suddonly 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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 forepassed happiness. He takes the account... | |
 | Charles Selby - Great Britain - 1864 - 374 pages
...example of prose in the English language:— " It is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man know himself; he tells the proud and insolent that...are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them ery, complain, and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...into man all the wisdom of the world, without speaking a word : it is death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent, that they are but objects, and humbles them at the instant : makes them cry, complain, and repent ; yea, even to hate... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 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... | |
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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... 
