... because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern : then shall the dust return... The Chobham Book of English Prose - Page 20by Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1611 - 360 pages
...be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire...loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth... | |
| 1803 - 400 pages
...[high places] and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper be a burden, and desire shall fail, because man goeth to his. long home, and the mourners about the streets. Comment.—' The common interpretation is, the almond-tree shall flourish, significant... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish* and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire...loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Thea shall the dust return to the earth... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the altnondrtree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire...because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : ij Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl L 3 be be broken, or... | |
| Thomas Smith Webb - 1808 - 348 pages
...be afraid of that which is high,- and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire...and the mourners go about the streets : or ever the silyer cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shallflourish, and the' grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire...because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: When thy decrepit age shall make thee so unfit to move, that thou shalt be afraid... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire...because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: When thy decrepit age shall make thee so unfit to move, that thou shalt be afraid... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...aftaid of that taliich is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, t go about the streets : 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher... | |
| Charles Drelincourt - 1810 - 580 pages
...he free his soul from the power of the grave?" Psa. Ixxxix. And to speak the language of Solomon, " Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern :"' that is to SIT, the back-bone, where... | |
| Charles Drelincourt - 1810 - 614 pages
...he free his soul from the power of the grave?" Psa. Ixxxix. And to spe^ak the language of Solomon, " Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern :" that is t» say, the back-bone, where... | |
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