| Hugh Blair - 1802 - 424 pages
...produced, in his anfwer, fuch reflections as were naturally fuited to his time of life. And Jacob fa\4 unto Pharaoh^ the days of the years of my pilgrimage...and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.... | |
| William Jones - 1801 - 486 pages
...the king enquired after his age : and the answer he makes to this question is worth our attention — The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred...and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and I have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their... | |
| 1801 - 430 pages
...art thou ?' And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, "The days o the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred anc thirty years; few and evil have the days of the * years of my life been." And Jacob blefled Pharaoh. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt feventeen years, and he died." " Now... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...recommend. SERMON XXXV. 1 JOHN ii. ver. 17. latter part. He that doeth the will of God, abidethfor ever. and evil have the days of the years of my life been," was the language of good old Jacob to Pharaoh, in ancient times. And little, I fear, is the state of... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...set him before Pharaoh ; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou ? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years...and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 318 pages
...VI. . CONTENTS. SERMON XXII. p. i, The Hiftory of Jacob confidered. CENISIJ XL vII. 9. And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my pilgrimage...and thirty years; few and evil have the days of the year* of my life been. SERMON XXIII. p. 13; The Parable of the Rich Marf and Lazarus confidered. LUKE... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 566 pages
...YORK. in CONTENTS. SERMON XXII. pt The Hiftory of Jacob cor.fidered. GEX1SI] XLVII. 9. And Jacoh faid unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my pilgrimage...are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have ihe diyi of the years of my life heen. SERMON XXIII. p. 13. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 476 pages
...• • .,. GENESIS XLVI. 9. And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, the day* of the years of my pil. grimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been. — -. ; .;/•.•. I 1 HERE is not a man in hiftory whom I pity more than the man who made this reply:... | |
| William Mason - 1803 - 402 pages
...To-morrow -we die. The sum total of human life is justly calculated by the hoaryheaded patriarch, Jacob, "Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been. "....Gen. xlvii. 9. A truth this that lies level with jhe common observation and judgment of all men ; but is admitted... | |
| John Aikin - 1804 - 666 pages
...prosperity and happiness. Afterwards the king asked Jacob how old he was ; to whom the patriarch replied, " The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days... | |
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