 | 1821 - 542 pages
...man goetli to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets ^ " 6 Or ever the silver (.ord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher...the cistern. " 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shaH return unto Gut) who gave it. " 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the... | |
 | 1821 - 772 pages
...; when the blossoms of age shall cover thy head, and the lightest thing shall be burthensomc. Verse 6. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden...at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern — I. e. before ull thy natural and vital spirits be exhausted, and all the functions and offices... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 pages
...wishes, smiles, and looks, deceitful all, and BOOK III POWER. Texts chiefly alluded to in Book III. ' Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern."— ECCLZS. chap. xii. ver. 6. " The Sun ariseth, and the Sun goeth down, and hastct.h to his place where... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...smiles, and looks, deceitful all, and vain. POWER. BOOK III. thief.!! alltrtirtJ to in tl)is BOOK. OR ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Eccles. chap. xii. ver. 6. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 716 pages
...burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. £ccles. xii. 6, 7. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.... | |
 | James Ellice - 1824 - 92 pages
...asserts the immortality of the soul : Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit unto God that gave it. The spirit... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go 33. Untt ,.nf — llrh. " GiTr oat." Vrr. 34. Tkt...to mankind. thoat is dried : mine eyes fail while I Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; all is vanity. 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed,...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. e G«. UL ia. y« Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto... | |
 | Edward Berens - 1828 - 194 pages
...grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : ' 6. Or ever the silver cord be...at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern : The melancholy view which is taken by the book of Ecclesiastes of human life ' 7. T, ken shall the... | |
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... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it. 
