 | 1837 - 680 pages
...For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : 9 ean shall not pas* orer it ; but it skull be for those : tlie wayfaring man a re a shadow:) 10 Shall wot tlwy teach thee, and tell thee, and t!:ier words out of their heart ?... | |
 | 1837 - 336 pages
...Kneels grateful by her couch, and pours the vesper lay. D, CONN., 1836. TIME. BY MRS. EMMA C. EMBURY. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are but a shadow. JOB, viii. 9. ROLL on — roll on — unfathomable ocean, On whose dark surface years... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. " 8 4For enquire, I pray thce, was then at Bethlehem. 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one wou : 9 (For 'we are but of yesterday, and know *nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 10... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8 For Even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, Shall be as a dre : 9 (For we are bit! of yesterday, and know e nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow : )... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1838 - 330 pages
...wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness. So shall thou behave thyself wisely in all thy ways. * Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart ? s Acquaint now thyself... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pages
...night." Though Job lived at the time when the age of man was much longer than it now is, yet he said, " we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow." We can live here but just long enough to see a few revolutions of the sun, and to learn a little of... | |
 | Isaac Williams - 1839 - 370 pages
... •ARISIAN BREVIARY. AUTHOR OF fc THE CATHEDRAL. Enquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search...nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. — JOB viii. 8, 9. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JGF & J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE,... | |
 | Isaac Williams - 1839 - 370 pages
... 17$. HYMNS TRANSLATED FROM THE PARISIAN BREVIARY. BY THE AUTHOR OF ' THE CATHEDRAL.' Enquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search...nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. — JOn viii. 8, 9. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JGF & J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE,... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1839 - 466 pages
...was erected ? But no ! Sergeant Bell was alone, and felt that he knew nothing. The Scriptures say, 'We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.' " Stonehenge consists of gigantic masses of stone, in the original shapes of two circles, and two ovals,... | |
 | Tayler Lewis - 1839 - 60 pages
...oracular mode which forms so striking a feature of the book of revelation. Some* " For enquire now I pray thee of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of the fathers : for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing." Job viii. 8. This was the current style... | |
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers '(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow). 
