...the greateft difhonour and indignity, that could be offered to the majefty of heaven — He may fay to corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother. Job xvii. 14. But to think that God would, or could, ever acknowledge or accept fuch an one as a child...

...perfection as his father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may in another respect say to corruption, ' Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.' © No. DXX. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27. Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus Tam chari capias ! HOB....

...the rites of his funeral are ended ! He who was thus beloved and caressed, is already brought to -sav To corruption, Thou art my Father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister f-" " Sad change !" might any of us naturally have said on such an occasion ; " melancholy...

...the rites of his funeral are ended ! He who was thus beloved and caressed, is already brought to sav To corruption, Thou art my Father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister^." " Sad change !" might any of us naturally have said on such an occasion ; " melancholy...

...perfection as his father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may in another respect say to corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. No. 523. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30. -Nunc augur Apollo, Nunc Lycia sortes, nunc et Jove missus...

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...over the terrors of that houfe which is appointed for all living, and with the ancient patriarch, fay to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my fifter. Afk ferioufly at your own heart, " Should thefe eyes nev" er open upon the light of another...

...blufli for thefe diftinctions, which become the vehicles of your difhonor Such a nation might truly fay, to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my fifter. We mould fay of fuch a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. 9. The...

...from the soul-reviving converse of a kind brother, an affectionate wife and four lovely children — to say to corruption thou art my father, and to the worm thou art my mother and my sister! In circumstances like these, tears so far from being an unmanly weakness, exhihit one of...

...over the terrors of that house whifch is appointed for all living, and With the ancient patriarch, say to corruption, "Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. Ask seriously at your own heart, " Should these eyes never open upon the light of another...