 | John Donne - 1959 - 252 pàgines
...that have been the children of royal parents, and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, Corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother, and my sister and myself! Miserable... | |
 | William James - 1988 - 1410 pàgines
...to them; to trust in God through Christ, as touching the world to come; and as touching this world, to count the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness,...corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou are my mother and sister. . . . The parting with my wife and my poor children hath often been to me... | |
 | John Donne - 1990 - 324 pàgines
...that have been the children of royal parents, and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, "Corruption thou art my father," and to the worm, "Thou art my mother and my sister."1 Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother and my .sister and myself. Miserable... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1998 - 342 pàgines
...sufferings, is to trust in God thorow Christ, as touching the world to come; and as touching this world, to count the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness, to say to Corruption, Thou art my Father, and to the Worm, Thou art my Mother and Sister'* that is,... | |
 | Margaret Urban Walker - 1999 - 308 pàgines
...children of royal parents and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, to corruption, than art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother, my sister and my self! Miserable... | |
 | John Donne - 2000 - 532 pàgines
...that have been the children of royal parents, and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister Qob t7: t4]. Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother, and my sister and myself.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 768 pàgines
...form 'vildest' has greater phonic weight than its moderui2ed equivalem. 't shall say to cocruptinn, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister', ]oh 17:14. 6 so hoth 'in such a way' and 'to such an estem' 7 in your sweet thoughts The... | |
 | James Lindemann Nelson - 2003 - 182 pàgines
...that have been the children of royal parents and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother, my sister and my self! Miserable... | |
 | John Bunyan - 2005 - 968 pàgines
...sufferings, is to trust in God through Christ, as touching the world to come ; and as touching this world, to count " the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness,...my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister:" that is, to familiarize these things to me. 327. But notwithstanding these helps, I found... | |
 | William A. Cohen, Ryan Johnson - 357 pàgines
...human's perspective must somehow be the same level as that of any other creature. Quoting from Job— "Corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister"— John Donne speaks of the underground state of "miserable incest, when I must be married... | |
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Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. 
