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" Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. "
Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ... - Page 61
by George Walker - 1825 - 615 pages
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The Glory of English Prose: Letters to My Grandson

Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 266 pages
...which hateth and destroyeth man is believed; God which hath made him and loves him is always deferred. It is, therefore, Death alone that can suddenly make...deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge it. "0 eloquent, just and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none have dared...
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The Chobham Book of English Prose

Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 290 pages
...which hateth and destroyeth man is believed ; God which hath made him and loves him is always deferred. It is, therefore, Death alone that can suddenly make...have dared thou hast done ; and whom all the world have flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the...
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English Literature: With Illustrations from Poetry and Prose

Geraldine Emma Hodgson - 1923 - 328 pages
...instant, makes them cry, complain and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar, a naked...none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world...
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Literature and Life, Book 4

Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1929 - 808 pages
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The Oxford Book of English Prose

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 pages
...; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar ; a naked...and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast perswaded ; what none hath dared thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only...
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The Oxford Book of English Prose

Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 pages
...; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar ; a naked...beggar which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel '34 that fills his mouth. He holds a Glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see...
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The Copeland Reader: An Anthology of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 pages
...instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the asure, dr 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none can advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared,...
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A Second Book of Broadsheets

1929 - 338 pages
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English Prose, 1600-1660

Cecil Albert Moore, Douglas Bush - 1930 - 746 pages
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Pages of English Prose,1390-1930

Arthur Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1930 - 160 pages
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