Yet a few years, we think, and all that now bless, or all that now convulse humanity, will also have perished. The mightiest pageantry of life will pass, the loudest notes of triumph or of conquest will be silent in the grave; — the wicked, wherever... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4251814Full view - About this book
| Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...into decay ; and the pulse that ndw beats high will gradually sink, and then must stop for ever. . . . The mightiest pageantry of life will pass — the...the weary, wherever suffering, " will be at rest." ' WINTER. WINTER advances close upon the track of autumn, and — Comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen... | |
| David Henry Cruttenden - 1870 - 618 pages
...heaven,' for he felt it, and all mankind were his brethren." 31. " The loudest notes of triumph or conquest will be silent in the grave; the wicked,...the weary, wherever suffering,' will be at rest.'" Scriptural allusions, when properly introduced, are instructive and pleasing; but it is always in bad... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 pages
...some mysterious power, they end in awakening our concern for every being that lives. Yet a few years, and all that now bless, or all that now convulse humanity, will have perished. The mightiest pageantry of life will pass,—the loudest notes of triumph or conquest... | |
| 1872 - 556 pages
...and subdued, and we return into life as into a shadowy scene, where we have "disquieted ourselves in vain." Yet a few years, we think, and all that now...impression so profound we feel our own hearts better. The cares, the animosities, the hatreds which society may have engendered, sink unperceived from our... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...and subdued, and we return into life as into a shadowy scene, where we have ' disquieted ourselves in pleasures of my boyish days And their glad animal movements all gone by — To me was all in all. I The cares, the animosities, the hatreds which society may have engendered, sink unperceived from our... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 pages
...subdued, and ws returu Into llfo ae into a ahiidowy scene. wher« we have 'disanieted ourselves in vain.' Yet a few years, we think, and all that now bless, or all that now convulse ha inanity will also have perlshe'l. Th*» mk'htiewt pagimntry of life will puss— the loudcftt notes... | |
| S. G. Lathrop - 1881 - 422 pages
...and subdued, and we return into life as into a shadowy scene where we have disquieted ourselves in vain. Yet a few years, we think, and all that now...impression so profound, we feel our own hearts better. The cares, the animosities, the hatreds, which society has engendered, sink unperceived from our bosoms.... | |
| S. G. Lathrop - 1881 - 424 pages
...and subdued, and we return into life as into a shadowy scene where we have disquieted ourselves in vain. Yet a few years, we think, and all that now...have perished. The mightiest pageantry of life will pass—the loudest notes of triumph or of conquest will be silent in the grave; the wicked, wherever... | |
| 1887 - 458 pages
...and subdued, and we return into life as into a shadowy scene, where we have " disquieted ourselves in vain." Yet a few years, we think, and all that now...impression so profound we feel our own hearts better. The cares, the animosities, the hatreds which society may have engendered, sink unperceived from our... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...think, and all that now bles?, or all that now convulse humanity, will also have perished. The mightieit pageantry of life will pass — the loudest notes...will be at rest." Under an impression so profound we l our own hearts better. The cares, the animositlt , the hatreds which society may have engendered,... | |
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