A general volume of epitaphs, original and selected, and an historical and moral essay on the subject, by a clergyman [B. Richings]. |
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Página xli
... heart ? and what was his reply when " the king said unto him , why is thy countenance sad ? " It was an appeal to the feelings of the king in common with his own : " Why should not my countenance be sad , when the city , the place of my ...
... heart ? and what was his reply when " the king said unto him , why is thy countenance sad ? " It was an appeal to the feelings of the king in common with his own : " Why should not my countenance be sad , when the city , the place of my ...
Página liii
... heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents themselves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly fol- low ; when I see kings lying by the side of those who deposed them - when I consider rival ...
... heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents themselves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly fol- low ; when I see kings lying by the side of those who deposed them - when I consider rival ...
Página liv
... heart . " Not only to such minds as those which dis- tinguished a Young , an Addison , or a Hervey , but to many a serious Christian of far humbler name , the churchyard has afforded matter for serious meditation liv ESSAY .
... heart . " Not only to such minds as those which dis- tinguished a Young , an Addison , or a Hervey , but to many a serious Christian of far humbler name , the churchyard has afforded matter for serious meditation liv ESSAY .
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... heart is softened , who can say what may be the piercing effect of some solemn admonition , or what the balm of some word of consolation ? And when we reflect that there are persons who have traced their first serious impressions to the ...
... heart is softened , who can say what may be the piercing effect of some solemn admonition , or what the balm of some word of consolation ? And when we reflect that there are persons who have traced their first serious impressions to the ...
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Benjamin Richings. heart . To say nothing of the gross literary errors which meet the eye , or of epitaphs which do not inculcate one moral truth , or instil one pious sentiment ; too often , alas ! unscriptural sentiments are deeply ...
Benjamin Richings. heart . To say nothing of the gross literary errors which meet the eye , or of epitaphs which do not inculcate one moral truth , or instil one pious sentiment ; too often , alas ! unscriptural sentiments are deeply ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abner blessed blest bliss breath burial buried called Canaan cave of Machpelah cheer child chre Christ Christian Church Church of England churchyard city of David coffins dark dead death died divine dust early doom earth earthly Egypt Ephrath epitaphs eternal fade faith fathers fear feelings flower friends funeral glory goeth grace grief hath hear heart heaven heavenly Hebron holy hope hour inscriptions Israel Jesus Jews John xix King laid lament life's live look Lord memory mercy mighty to save mortal mourn never Patriarch peace pious praise pray prayer Psalm purgatory realms reign Rephidim rest saints Saviour Saviour's love seek sepulchres shalt sigh sinner skies sleep slumbers soon sorrow spirit stay stone sweet tears TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE thee thine things thou art thought tomb tree trod truth unto voice weep whilst wisdom wise youth
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Página 81 - As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream: Upward, Lord, our spirits raise, All below is but a dream.
Página xiv - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Página xxviii - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Página 151 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Página viii - And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Página liv - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página 19 - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Página 147 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Página 157 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Página xxxv - ... bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.