| 1805 - 590 sider
...Egypt. Himself most faithfully gave the history of his life in the following impressive description, Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage — but this for him was the right way to honor and peace in the closing scene of life, and that blessed... | |
| 1819 - 550 sider
...answer of the old patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream; and we can... | |
| Juvenal - 1802 - 574 sider
...longevity of the antediluvian world. " Few and evil," says the patriarch, with pathetic simplicity, " few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their... | |
| William Hayley - 1803 - 450 sider
...answer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. "Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage," Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream ; and we can... | |
| William Hayley - 1803 - 348 sider
...anfwer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the clofe of the longeft life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the paft appears equally a dream ; and we can... | |
| John Macgowan - 1806 - 286 sider
...we entered the apartment, I heard a person, with a mournful tone of voice, thus express himself: " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage, a few days, and full of sorrow." What is the meaning of this? said I, this is a strange kind of saying.... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 490 sider
...answer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream ; and we can... | |
| Juvenal - 1806 - 578 sider
...longevity of the antediluvian world. " Few and evil," says the Patriarch, with pathctick simplicity, " few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their... | |
| 1808 - 530 sider
...Pharao, The days of the years of my life which I am now sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. They have not reached to the days of the years of the 10 life of my fathers which they sojourned.... | |
| William Hayley - 1812 - 464 sider
...answer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream; and we can... | |
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