Conduct vn. 1 A fair name is better than precious ointment,1 And the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the banqueting-house ; Inasmuch as that2 is the end of all men, And the living should... O'Hara; or, 1798 [by W.H. Maxwell]. - Side 26af William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 558 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1818 - 762 sider
...excited by his sudden and premature death, lead to the earnest emulation of his good example ! " It is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to heart." At Minholm, near Langholm, in the prime of life, William Kier, Esq. conductor of improvements to his... | |
| 1818 - 826 sider
...excited by his sndden and premature death, lead to the earnest emulation of his good example !— " It is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to heart."— Lttd» Mercury, REGISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS. Further Addrett of the Society for promoting... | |
| 1818 - 806 sider
...excited by his sudden and premature death, lead to the earnest emulation of his good example ! " It is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to heart" At Minhohn, near Langholm, in the prime of life, William Kier, Esq. conductor of improvements to his... | |
| 1818 - 860 sider
...excited by his snddenand premature death, lead to the earnest emulation of his good example ! — " It is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to heart." — Leeds Mercury, REGISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS. Further Addreu of the Society for promoting... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 330 sider
...dead, but sleepeth; she "was seventeen years born." " So young," exclaimed Edwards, " it is a prty that one in the spring of life should be so prematurely...said Mrs. O'Hara, " what did the young woman die of?" " Grief," replied the old man. " Good heavens!" said Edwards, "what caused it ?" The senior again raised... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 sider
...for himself: " And the days that Adam lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died." This is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to his heart. And thus at length decayed the fabric which God himself had reared ; thus " the dust returned... | |
| William Jay - 1834 - 326 sider
...friends and neighbours, and a heedless rabble drawn by the spectacle. — Man goeth to his long home. It is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to heart. Soon the like ceremonies will be performed for me. When carried along here myself, how insensible shall... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 sider
...decrease, till it shrunk into its present little measure. Whether life be long or short, "death certainly is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to his heart" Noah and Adam may be compared and contrasted in various respects. Adam the father of the... | |
| Samuel Cox - 1867 - 352 sider
...one's birth : It is better to go the house of mourning Than to the house of feasting, Because this is the end of all men, And the living should lay it to heart : Better is serious thought than wanton mirth, For by a sad countenance the heart is bettered : The... | |
| William Francis Pringle Noble - 1876 - 628 sider
...for himself: " And the days that Adarn lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died." This is the end of all men, and the living should lay it to heart. And thus at length decayed the fabric which God himself had reared — thus " the dust returned to... | |
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