... storms of rain and snow prevail abroad ; the sparrow, I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm ; but after a short space of fair weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight,... The History of Nations - Стр. 36редактор(ы): - 1906Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - Страниц: 584
...of your fight, returning from one Winter to another. So this Life of Man appears for a foort fpace, but of what -went before, or what is to follow, we are ut• .' ' terly terly ignorant. If therefore this new DoiTrin -contains fomething more certain, it... | |
| 1848 - Страниц: 726
...storm ; but after a short space of fair weather he vanishes into the dark winter whence ho had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space ; but...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." And in later ages, a poor but reflecting Greenlander, sitting on an out-jutting rock, and looking at... | |
| John Hughes - 1819 - Страниц: 432
...this short season of serenity is elapsed, he is again exposed to the tempest, and we see him no more. So, this life of man appears for a short space ; but...or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant. If this new doctrine contain something that holds out to us more certain information as to futurtty, it... | |
| Thomas Thompson - 1824 - Страниц: 334
...and not affected by the storm ; but after a very short space of time it vanished out of sight. So the life of man appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or of what is to follow after, we are utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new religion give us more... | |
| John Wainwright - 1829 - Страниц: 444
...returning from one winter to another. So the life of man here appears fora very short space of time ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are entirely ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contain something more certain, it seems to deserve... | |
| James B. Holroyd - 1834 - Страниц: 426
...the one side, to winter on the other, and then disappears from your eyes. Such is the life of man, it appears for a short space, but of what went before,...utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine presents us with something more certain concerning our future state, it ought by all means to be adopted."... | |
| Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - Страниц: 418
...weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space, but...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." The other elders and king's counsellors, by Divine inspiration, spoke to the same effect. But Coifi... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - Страниц: 604
...soon passed over, he immediately vanishes out of your sight into the dark winter again. So this life appears for a short space ; but of what went before,...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." This was the general tone of the assembly. All seemed moved by the spirit of change. None stood up... | |
| Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1849 - Страниц: 566
...weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space, but...something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to -r , lowed." The other elders and king's counsellors, £y Divine^ /i ' ' inspiration, spoke to the... | |
| English history - 1851 - Страниц: 706
...out of your sight, returning from one winter to another. So this life of man appears for a moment ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we...certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." 'Never was a familiar image more beautifully applied ; never was there a more striking picture of ancient... | |
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