 | Joseph Addison - 1733 - 380 páginas
...young * man contented with the profpe& of * Death. For honourable age is not that which ' ftandtth in length of time^ or is measured * by number of years. But wifdont is the * grey hair to men, and an unfpotted life is * eld age. He was taken away fpccdily,... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 páginas
...depend wholly upon the fund already acquired ? " Honourable age," says a man of no mean abilities,* " is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age." We conclude falsely, when we say, successful vice... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1803 - 432 páginas
..."for," as Solomon saith, " though the " righteous be prevented -with death, yet " shall he be in rest ; for honourable age " 'is not that which standeth in length of " time, nor that is measured by number of " years ; but wisdom is grey hair unto men, " and an unspotted life... | |
 | 1804 - 498 páginas
...tarrieth but one day." There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. "...is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age." He was taken away speedily, lest that "wickedness... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 páginas
...wisdom shall never fall away. Though, the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest. For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 páginas
...been beautifully expressed, " Honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years: but wisdom is the gray hair unto man, and an unspotted life is old age." CHAP. XVI. Respect paid to Mr. Wakefield's Memory— Letter... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 334 páginas
...tarrieth but one day." There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. "...is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age." He was taken away speedily, lest that " wickedness... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 428 páginas
...has sufficiently fulfilled his course, whether it was appointed by Providence to be long or short. For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that which is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hear to man ; and an unspotted... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 páginas
...tarrieth but one day." There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. "...is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age. He was taken away speedily, lest wickedness should... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 páginas
...tarrieth " but one day." There are reasons enough in the fourth chapter of the same book to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. "...-measured by " number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair " to men, and an unspotted life is old age. He " was taken away speedily, lest wickedness... | |
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For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age. 
