 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?  Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive - Page 179by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1902 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 520 pages
...foul ? Which long for death, but •' it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hid treafures : " Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find " the grave." That which you reckon the fling of your affliction, others would have reckoned a favour and privilege.... | |
 | Nathaniel Spinckes - 1775 - 468 pages
...bitter in foul? which long for death, but it comet h not, and dig for it, more than for hid treafures : which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave. You all fee my wotul difconfolate ftate-, and I am quite tired and fpent with it, (d) My ftghing comes... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...in foul ; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treafures ; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave ? 23 Why it light given to a man whofe way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in ? 24 For my fighing... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 pages
...BITTER IN SOUL ? WHICH LONG FOR DEATH, BUT IT COMETH NOT, AND DIG FOR IT MORE THAN FOR HID TREASURES ? WHICH REJOICE EXCEEDINGLY, AND ARE GLAD WHEN THEY CAN FIND THE GRAVE. IT is cuftomary with our modern poets, as well as with- the ancients, to make their heroes, when overwhelmed... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...glad to dig thiir own graves, and be better /¡leased to find a grave than to ßnd a 22 mine of gold ; Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad when they can find the grave and as it were dance in their own funeral 23 /¡recession ? [Why is light given] to a man whose way... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...in soul ; 21 Which long for death, but it comet h not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? '23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in ? 24 For my sighing cometh... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...bitter in soul ? Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures : Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave ; Job iii. 20, 2 1 ,- 22. How many are there, that invite the violence of death ; and, if he refuse... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - 1812 - 288 pages
...bitter in soul. 2 1 Which long for death, but it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures? 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh... | |
 | William Sherlock - 1814 - 298 pages
...bitter in soul ? Which long for death, but it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures : . which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave, Job. iii, 20, 22. My soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than life : I loathe it, I would not... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...in soul ; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave ? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in r 24 For my sighing... | |
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