 For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age. He was taken away speedily, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit...  The British Essayists - Сторінка 40редактори - 1807Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Joseph Addison - 1733 - 380 стор.
...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 стор.
...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 is... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1803 - 432 стор.
..."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 стор.
...Solomon, " passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day." There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to...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 should... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 стор.
...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 428 стор.
...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 стор.
...Wisdom, " passeth away, as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day." There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to...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 alter... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 стор.
...Wisdom) passeth away " as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth " but one day." There are reasons enough in the fourth chapter of the same book to make...-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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 стор.
...of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day. There are reasons enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to...measured by number " of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to man, and " an unspotted life is old age. He was taken away " speedily, lest wickedness should... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 стор.
...of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day. There are reatonj enough in the fourth chapter of the same book, to...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 alter... | |
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