 O DEATH, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, Unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: Yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!  The Livingstones: A Story of Real Life - Page 59by Georgiana Anne Dalrymple - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Barrow - 1859 - 544 pages
...distasteful and imbittered to them. SERM. XLI So did the Wise Man observe : O death, how bitter — — '. 1 is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at...to vex him; and that hath prosperity in all things; Yea, adds he, unto him, thai is yet able to receive meat! And how bitter then must the remembrance... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 418 pages
...love to think of thee, 0 thou true comforter ! the friend of nil . ' Who have no friend beside ! " 0 Death ! how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a...to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat ! " 0 Death! acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy;... | |
 | Richard Webster Huntley - 1860 - 686 pages
...hard!" Well was the condition of the rich heathen painted in those beautiful words of the Wise Man, " O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to...nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things8." This man feared the coming of death, because he believed it would deprive him of all enjoyment;... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 404 pages
...wretched love to think of tliee, 0 thou true comforter ! the friend of all Who have no friend beside ! " 0 Death ! how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a...to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat ! " 0 Death! acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy;... | |
 | Edward Atkyns Bray - 1860 - 452 pages
...he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions." And, " O Death !" says the son of Sirach, " how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that...vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things." It is difficult to part with our riches either in life or in death. But you have nothing to give, and... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1861 - 496 pages
...jnodd ; he must neither love any thing passionately, nor be proud of any circumstance of his life. " 0 death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, to a man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that... | |
 | Paolo Segneri - 1892 - 590 pages
...Spirit in the bond of peace" (Ephes. iv. I— 3). . . . . . . . 270 18. THE BITTERNESS OF DYING. — "O death! how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man who hath peace in his possessions " (Ecclus. xli. I) 276 ig, ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. — " I am the door.... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1893 - 488 pages
...Judaea since Malachi — the son of Sirach — was entirely silent on the world beyond the grave. ' O death, how ' bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest ' in his possessions ! . . . O death, how acceptable is thy sen' tence unto the needy and unto him whose strength faileth... | |
 | 1894 - 202 pages
...In the mouth of the shameless begging will be sweet ; And in his belly a fire shall be kindled. 41 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that is at peace in his possessions, Unto the man that hath nothing to distract him, and hath prosperity... | |
 | Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond - 1895 - 848 pages
...behind them, and the life which they live in their children. This is the burden of Ben Sirach : " 0 death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a...to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat ! 0 death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy,... | |
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