 | Joseph Addison - 1733 - 380 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...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 is happy.... | |
 | 1803 - 494 Seiten
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 | 1804 - 498 Seiten
...they were used to do. " The memory of man," as it is elegantly exprest in the Wisdom of Solomon, " passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth...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 should alter... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1804 - 608 Seiten
...may apply the observation, " 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. Though the " righteous be prevented with death ; yet... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 334 Seiten
...they were used to do. " The memory of man," as it is elegantly exprest in the Wisdom of Solomon, " passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth...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 should alter... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 374 Seiten
...Solomon, " passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day." There are reaions enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to...measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey kair to men, and an unspotted life ii old age.'* He was taken away speedily, lest that " •wickedness... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 Seiten
...a paradise. CHAP. V. , 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 hair unto man, and unspotted life is old age. 'Wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 Seiten
...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...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 alter his... | |
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There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young 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 wisdom is the grey... 
