 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.  The Works of ... - Side 391av Alexander Pope - 1871Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Edward Nares - 1803 - 432 sider
..."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... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 374 sider
...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 but one day." There are reaions enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 428 sider
...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... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 sider
...they were used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book 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 make any young man contented with the prospect... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 sider
...were used to do. " The memory, of man" (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom) " passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but...enough, in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make a young man contented with the prospect of death. " For ho» nourable age is not that which standeth... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 sider
...of man" (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom) " passeth away as the remembrance o'fa guest that tarrieth but one dAy." There are reasons enough, in the fowth chapter of the same book, to make a young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1818 - 904 sider
...wicked generation, lest wickedness should alter their understandings, or deceit beguile their souls. For, honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by a number of years ; for, some being made perfect in a short time (by an unspotted... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 sider
...ages made 636 years. These are unusual instances of longevity. But let it be ever remembered, that honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or that which is measured by number of years. Wisdom is the grey hair to man, and an unspotted life is... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 296 sider
...used to do. ' The memory of man,* as it is elegantly expressed in the Wisdom of Solomon, ' passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but...day.' There are reasons enough in the fourth chapter 1 of the same book, to make any young man contented with th« prospect of death. ' For honourable age... | |
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