 | 1717 - 336 pages
...of Man is but a thouiand Years; that Beauty is the Admiration but of a few Centuries. It nourifhes as a Mountain Oak, or as a Cedar on the Top of Ttrzah, which in three or four hundred Year* will fade away, and never be thought of by Pofterity,... | |
 | 1729 - 320 pages
...Man is but a thoufand Years; that Beauty is the Admiration but of 5 * a few Centuries. It flourilhes as a Mountain Oak, or as a Cedar on the Top of Tirzah, which in three oi four hundred Years will fide away, and never be thought of by Pofterity, unlefs a young Wood fpring»... | |
 | 1786 - 670 pages
...year^; that beautv is the admiration but of a few centurie». It flourifhes as a mountain oak, or as л cedar on the top of Tirzah, which in three or four hundred year« will fade away, and never be thought of by polte;, rity, unlels a young wood Iprings from it's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...that the age of man is but a thoufand years ; that beauty is the admiration but of a few centuries. It flourifhes as a mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzab, iwhich in three or four hundred years will fade away, and never be thought of by pofterity,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...of man is but a thousand years; that beauty is the admiration but of a few centuiies. It flourishes as a mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzah,...hundred years will fade away, and never be thought of by posterity, unless a young wood springs from its roots. Think well on this, and remember thy neighbour... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 pages
...of man is but a thousand years; that beauty is the admiration but of a few centuries. It flourishes as a - mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tir/.ah, which in three or four hundred years will fade away, and never be thought of by posterity,... | |
 | 1803 - 342 pages
...of man is but a thousand years ; that beauty is the admiration but of a few centuries. It flourishes as a mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzah,...hundred years will fade away, and never be thought of by posterity, unless a young wood springs from its roots. Think well on this, and remember thy neighbour... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...man is but a thousand years : that beauty is the admiration but ' of a few centuries. It flourishes as a mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzah,...years will fade away, and never be . thought, of by posterity, unless a young wood springs from its i;oots. Think well on tin's, ami remembers thy,fleighho.ur... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...of man is but a thousand years; that beauty is the admiration but of a few centuries. It flourishes as a mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzah,...three or four hundred years will fade away, and never bf thought of by posterity, unless a young woodsprings from its roots. Think well on this, and remember... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 272 pages
...thousand years ; that beauty is the admiration but of a few centuries. It flourishes as a mountain-oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzah, which in three...hundred years will fade away, and never be thought of by posterity, unless a young wood springs from its roots. Think •well on this, and remember thy neighbor... | |
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It flourishes as a mountain oak, or as a cedar on the top of Tirzah, which in three or four hundred years will fade away, and never be thought of by posterity, unless a young wood springs from its roots. Think well on this, and remember thy neighbour... 
