 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 352 pages
...them at the instant. He takes the account of the rich man, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity; and they acknowledge it. O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1845 - 606 pages
...hath ' interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds ' a glass before the 'eye of the most beautiful, and makes them see ' therein...none could advise, ' thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and ' whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1845 - 604 pages
...makes them cry ; complain, and repent ; yea, ' even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account of ' the rich and proves him a beggar ; a...that fills his mouth. He holds * a glass before the eye of the most beautiful, and makes thom see ' therein their deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1845 - 658 pages
...makes them cry ; complain, and repent ; yea, ' even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account of ' the rich and proves him a beggar ; a...that fills his mouth. He holds ' a glass before the eye of the most beautiful, and makes them see ' therein their deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge... | |
 | Literature - 1845 - 670 pages
...something in the above passage which may remind the reader of Sir Walter Raleigh's apostrophe : — " Oh eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could...have dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world have flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1845 - 340 pages
...them at the instant. He takes the account of the rich man, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity ; and they acknowledge it. 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded... | |
 | 1845 - 622 pages
...hath ' interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds. 'a glass before the eye of the most beautiful, and makes them see ' therein...deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge it. ' 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! Whom none could advise, ' thou hast persuaded ; what none hath... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pages
...instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar, a naked...deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge it. 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1851 - 328 pages
...them at the instant. He takes the account of the rich man, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity ; and they acknowledge it. only hast cast out and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them gee therein their deformity ; and they acknowledge it. 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could...have dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world have flattered, thou only hast cast out and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched... | |
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Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. 
