The Bioscope, Or Dial of Life, Explained: To which is Added, a Translation of St. Paulinus's Epistle to Celantia, on the Rule of Christian Life : and an Elementary View of General Chronology, with a Perpetual Solar and Lunar CalendarWilliam Miller, 1812 - 311 pàgines |
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Pàgina 37
... its velocity . Whilst you are busied , it ५ speeds away ; until death at length ar- " rives , to which , whether you will or not , you must needs submit . " J 15. These reflections of the Roman mo- ralist , THE BIOSCOPE EXPLAINED . 37.
... its velocity . Whilst you are busied , it ५ speeds away ; until death at length ar- " rives , to which , whether you will or not , you must needs submit . " J 15. These reflections of the Roman mo- ralist , THE BIOSCOPE EXPLAINED . 37.
Pàgina 38
... Roman mo- ralist , on the infinite value of present time , are thus corroborated by our own great moralist . " Life is continually ravaged " by invaders ; one steals an hour , and " another a day . One conceals the rob- " bery by ...
... Roman mo- ralist , on the infinite value of present time , are thus corroborated by our own great moralist . " Life is continually ravaged " by invaders ; one steals an hour , and " another a day . One conceals the rob- " bery by ...
Pàgina 97
... 87. Nor is it in men alone that this fra- gility , this mortality is seen . EMPIRES die ! Where now The Roman ? Greek ? They stalk an empty name . H " Where now " the ancient and splendid realm of THE BIOSCOPE EXPLAINED . 97.
... 87. Nor is it in men alone that this fra- gility , this mortality is seen . EMPIRES die ! Where now The Roman ? Greek ? They stalk an empty name . H " Where now " the ancient and splendid realm of THE BIOSCOPE EXPLAINED . 97.
Pàgina 171
... Roman lady of fashion , rank , and opulence ; in reply to various letters , in which she had earnestly solicited See Preliminary Chapter , p . 13 . him , to draw out for her some short and INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. ...
... Roman lady of fashion , rank , and opulence ; in reply to various letters , in which she had earnestly solicited See Preliminary Chapter , p . 13 . him , to draw out for her some short and INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. ...
Pàgina 174
... Roman origin , and of a patrician and consular family established near Burdigala , ( Bourdeaux , ) in Gaul , was born A. D. 353. He received his education from the Roman poet Ausonius , under whom he made an extra- ordinary progress in ...
... Roman origin , and of a patrician and consular family established near Burdigala , ( Bourdeaux , ) in Gaul , was born A. D. 353. He received his education from the Roman poet Ausonius , under whom he made an extra- ordinary progress in ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 69 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Pàgina 219 - Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Pàgina 127 - Lord Warwick was a young man of very irregular life, and perhaps of loose opinions. Addison, for whom he did not want respect, had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end he directed the young lord to be called, and when he desired with great tenderness to hear his last injunctions, told him, 'I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die.
Pàgina 130 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Pàgina 128 - The truth of it is, there is nothing in history which is so improving to the reader^ as those accounts which we meet with of the deaths of eminent persons, and of their behaviour in that dreadful season. I may also add, that there are no parts in history which affect and please the reader in so sensible a manner. The reason I take to be this...
Pàgina 139 - The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, T 3 The terrors of the living, not the dead.
Pàgina 22 - Blessed are those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. "And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Pàgina 97 - Where the prime actors of the last year's scene ; Their port so proud, their buskin, and their plume ? How many sleep, who kept the world awake With lustre, and with noise...
Pàgina 246 - Rules to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Pàgina 223 - The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.