 ... full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly...  The rule and exercises of holy dying - Page 9by Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Jeremy Taylor - Theology - 1850 - 494 pages
...some of its leaves and all its ieauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The ;iiiue is the portion of every man and every woman, the heritage...our beauty so changed, that our acquaintance quickly knew us not ; and that change mingled with so much horror, or else meets so with our fears nail weak... | |
 | American periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke its stalk ; and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all...heritage of worms and serpents, rottenness, and cold dishonor, and our beauty so changed, that our acquaintance quickly knew us not."* Independently of... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and 462 SIB THOMAS BROWNE. [Lecr. XX. broke its stalk; and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of weed* and outworn faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...age ; it bowed the head, and broke its stilk ; and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and ; 11 its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and...our beauty so changed, that our acquaintance quickly kncvr us not ; and that change mingled with so much horror, or else meets so with our fears and weak... | |
 | Christian literature, American - 1850 - 790 pages
...decline to softness, and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke its stalk ; and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell."' If such process as we have mentioned be the secret key which opened to him his treasures, it does not... | |
 | 1854 - 738 pages
...decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head and broke its stalk, and, at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all...serpents, rottenness and cold dishonour, and our beauty so changes, that our acquaintance quickly know us not ; and that change mingled with so much horror, or... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 1232 pages
...to decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age, it bowed the head and broke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all...fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall... | |
 | Frederick William Shelton - 1908 - 630 pages
...decline to softness, and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head and broke its stalk ; and at night having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell." If such process as we have mentioned be the secret key which opened to him his treasures, it does not... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...to decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age; it bowed the head and broke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all...fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall... | |
 | Frederick William Shelton - 1856 - 318 pages
...decline to softness, and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head and broke its stalk ; and at night having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell." If such process as we have mentioned be the secret key which opened to him his treasures, it does not... | |
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