 I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm ; but after a short space of fair weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this...  Anglo-Saxon period - Seite 108von Walter Farquhar Hook - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - 584 Seiten
...of your fight, returning from one Winter to another. So this Life of Man appears for a foort fpace, but of what -went before, or what is to follow, we are ut• .' ' terly terly ignorant. If therefore this new DoiTrin -contains fomething more certain, it... | |
 | 1848 - 726 Seiten
...fair weather he vanishes into the dark winter whence ho had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or what is...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." And in later ages, a poor but reflecting Greenlander, sitting on an out-jutting rock, and looking at... | |
 | John Hughes - 1819 - 432 Seiten
...elapsed, he is again exposed to the tempest, and we see him no more. So, this life of man appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant. If this new doctrine contain something that holds out to us more certain information as to futurtty, it... | |
 | John Wainwright - 1829 - 444 Seiten
...returning from one winter to another. So the life of man here appears fora very short space of time ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are entirely ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contain something more certain, it seems to deserve... | |
 | James B. Holroyd - 1834 - 426 Seiten
...to winter on the other, and then disappears from your eyes. Such is the life of man, it appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is...utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine presents us with something more certain concerning our future state, it ought by all means to be adopted."... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 412 Seiten
...out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is...seems justly to deserve to be followed." The other elders and king's counsellors, by Divine inspiration, spoke to the same effect. But Coifi added, that... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 Seiten
...over, he immediately vanishes out of your sight into the dark winter again. So this life appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or what is...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." This was the general tone of the assembly. All seemed moved by the spirit of change. None stood up... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1849 - 566 Seiten
...out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is...something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to -r , lowed." The other elders and king's counsellors, £y Divine^ /i ' ' inspiration, spoke to the... | |
 | English history - 1851 - 706 Seiten
...out of your sight, returning from one winter to another. So this life of man appears for a moment ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." 'Never was a familiar image more beautifully applied ; never was there a more striking picture of ancient... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 Seiten
...vanishes out of your sight into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space : but of what went before, or what is...seems justly to deserve to be followed." The other elders and king's counsellors, by Divine inspiration, spoke to the same effect. § 131. But Coifi added,... | |
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