 ... 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.  Poems on Several Occasions.. - Pagina 465di Matthew Prior - 1718 - 506 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Freemasons - 1746 - 256 pagine
...all the Daughters of Mitfick Jhall be brought low : Or ever the Silver Cord be loafed; or the Goldtn Bowl be broken ;• or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain ; or the Wheel broken at the Ciflern.' The Expofitors upon thefe Verfes are almoft unanimous in their ©pinion, that they ought... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1748 - 546 pagine
...'tis not neceflary to explain it more fully here. Eccl. xii. 6. Or ever the Silver Chord be loojed, or the golden Bowl be broken, or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain, or the Wheel (the Organs of Circulation) be broken at the Ciftern. Thefe next fliew that the Blood is Part of the... | |
 | John Smith - 1752 - 264 pagine
...home, and the mourners go about the Jireets. Or e~jer the Jther cord be loofed, or the golden hmuf be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the -ivbeel broken at the ciftern. THE Oracles of God are given forth that the men of God may be made wife... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 512 pagine
...that figurative and elegant defcriptiou of the death of man, * Ecclef. xii. 6. "Or ever the filver cord be loofed, or ' the golden bowl be broken, or...pitcher be broken at the ' fountain, or the wheel be broken at the ciftern." " The ' double motion of the lungs he feems here to compare to the ' double... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 pagine
...looks, deceitful all, and vain. M t TEXTS TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN BOOK 111. " Or ever the (ilver cord be loofed, or the golden bowl " be broken, or...the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciftern." Eccl. xii. 6. " The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and hafteth ' n to his place where he arofe."... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 322 pagine
...fmiles, and looks deceitful, all and vain 1 CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN THE THIRD BOOK. Or ever the filver cord be loofed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the ciftern. Ecclefiaftes, chap. xii. verf. 6. The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and hafteth to his place... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 324 pagine
...all, and vain. MZ TEXTS TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN BOOK III. " Or ever the filver cord be looted, or the golden bowl " be broken, or the pitcher be...broken at the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciflern." Eccl. xii. 6. " The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and haftetb " to his place where... | |
 | James Hartley (Ph. D.) - 1784 - 606 pagine
...; becaufe man goeth to hTs long " home, and the mourners go about the ftreets ; or ever the filver cord be loofed, or «' the golden bowl be broken,...broken at the fountain, or the wheel «' broken at the cittern." Ecclef. cap. xii. 5th, 6th, and yth verfes. (x) Still Like. — The pfeudo critic i of the... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pagine
...becaufe man joeth to his long home, and :he mourners go about the ftreets: ... 6 Or ever the fjlver cord be loofed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the...the fountain, or the wheel broken at the ciftern. 7 Then fhall the duft return to the earth as it was, and the fpirit fhall return unto God who gave... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 pagine
...TEXTS CfUETLT ALVUDED TO IN BOOK III. ' Or ever the filver cord be looted, or the golden bowl " b^ broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciftern." Eccl. xii. 6" The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and hafteth " to his place where he arofe."... | |
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