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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 Epistles of Paul: Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians ...

Marvin Richardson Vincent - 1890 - 622 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...deformity and rottenness ; and they acknowledge it. " О eloquent, just and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath...
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Classical English Reader: Selections from Standard Authors with Explanatory ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1888 - 490 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...deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge it. 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared,...
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The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a ...

1888 - 576 pages
...makes them crie, complaine, and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepassed happinesse. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar ; a naked...beggar, which hath interest in nothing, but in the gravell that fils his mouth. He holds a glasse before tha eyes of the most beautifull, and makes them...
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Landmarks of English Literature

Henry James Nicoll - 1889 - 636 pages
...and proves hmi a beggar ; a naked beggar that hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fiils his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the...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...
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Word Studies in the New Testament, Volume 3

Marvin Richardson Vincent - 1890 - 622 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...interest in nothing, but in the gravel that fills his month. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers - 1891 - 888 pages
...them at the instant. He takes the account of the rich man, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity; and they acknowledge it. O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ...

William Minto - 1892 - 584 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...his mouth. He holds a Glass before the eyes of the roost beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness ; and they acknowledge it....
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The Cambridge History of English Literature: Prose and poetry: Sir Thomas ...

Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1909 - 628 pages
...off when the fourth, Rome, was ' almost at the highest.' He ends with these noble words on death : O eloquent, just and mighty death ! Whom none could...advise, thou hast persuaded! What none have dared, thon hast done! And whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised!...
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Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to ...

Edward Potts Cheyney - 1908 - 830 pages
...makes them crie, complaine, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happinesse. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar ; a naked...beggar, which hath interest in nothing, but in the gravell that fills his mouth. He holds a glasse before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them...
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Composition and Style

Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 pages
...makes them crie, complaine, and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepassed happinesse. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar ; a naked...beggar, which hath interest in nothing, but in the gravell that fils his mouth. He holds a glasse before the eyes of the most beautiful!, and makes them...
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