 ... 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 (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1703 - 642 pages
...fome of its leaves and aD its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and out- worn faces. The fame is the portion of every man and every woman; the heritage of worms and lerpents, rottenneis ?.nd cold difhonour, and our beauty fo changed, that our Acquaintance quickly... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 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 into the portion of weeds and worn-out faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 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 into the portion of weeds and worn-out faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...decline tcr 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 into the portion of tveedi and out-worn faces. * When the sentence of death is decreed, and- begins to be put in execution,... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the Lead, and Jjroke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of vveeds and out-worn faces. On the gradual Progress of Plan's Reason. A third partof our life is spent... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the bead, and broke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion gf weeds and out-worn faces. On the gradual Progress of Man's Reason. A third part of »ur life is... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...decline to softness and th-e symptoms of a sickly age ; ft bowed the head, and broke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion qf weeds and out-worn faces. On the gradual Progress of Man's Reason. A third part of our life is spent... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 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...fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces.' — JEREMY TAYLOR'. 1 The beautiful and well known lines of Cowper, ' The rost had been washed, just... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 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 outworn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 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 outworn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall... | |
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