 | 1805 - 590 pages
...Egypt. Himself most faithfully gave the history of his life in the following impressive description, Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage — but this for him was the right way to honor and peace in the closing scene of life,... | |
 | 1819 - 550 pages
...answer of the old patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream;... | |
 | Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...recurrence to the longevity of the antediluvian world. " Few and evil," says the patriarch, with pathetic simplicity, " few and evil have been the days of the...attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage." Homer seems to place the maximum of human strength and activity... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 pages
...answer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. "Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage," Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 348 pages
...anfwer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the clofe of the longeft life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the paft appears equally a dream... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...recurrence to the longevity of the antediluvian world. " Few and evil," says the Patriarch, with pathctick simplicity, " few and evil have been the days of the...attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage." Homer secms to place the maximum of human strength and activity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 490 pages
...answer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream... | |
 | John Macgowan - 1806 - 286 pages
...remember not that my eyes were ever struck with such a venerable form." The patriarch replied, " But few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage ; I am now in the hundred and thirtieth year of my age ; but the many sorrows interwoven... | |
 | 1808 - 530 pages
...Pharao, The days of the years of my life which I am now sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. They have not reached to the days of the years of the 10 life of my fathers which they sojourned.... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 456 pages
...answer of the old Patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopted by every man at the close of the longest life. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Whether we look back from fifty, or from twice fifty, the past appears equally a dream;... | |
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How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life... 
