 | William Jay - 1833 - 430 페이지
...' laid in the grave ; death shall feed upon it.' The charmer, looking in vain for admirers, says ' to corruption, Thou art my father : to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.' Prolong life. Accidents may disfigure, and diseases corrode. How quickly time changes the countenance... | |
 | Thomas Searle - 1834 - 284 페이지
...because our days upon earth are but as a shadow, Job viii. 9. If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption,...father; to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister, Job xvii. 13, 14. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living,... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 페이지
...the wood is prepared." " Why do you all look so anxious ? I am not ready for the washing." 14. — "I have said to corruption, Thou art my father ; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister." Those who retire from the world to spend their lives in a desert place, for the purpose of performing... | |
 | 1835 - 224 페이지
...Metaphor is that figure by which the proper denomination of one thing is applied to another, as, " I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.'' — Job. Allegory is a continuation of metaphors, all referring to the same general idea. A simile... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 페이지
...the wood is prepared." " Why do you all look so anxious ? I am not ready for the washing." 14. — "I have said to corruption, Thou art my father ; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister." Those who retire from the world to spend their lives in a desert place, for the purpose of performing... | |
 | Eliza Lee Cabot Follen - 1835 - 164 페이지
...this is but dust, of the earth, earthy ; — this is saying to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister ; this is being lower and meaner than the brutes; for they are, and they are happy in being, what God has made... | |
 | Henry Ware - 1835 - 160 페이지
...that this is but dust, of the earth, earthy; — this is saying to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister; this is being lower and meaner than the brutes; for they are, and they are happy in being, what God has made... | |
 | Jesus Christ - 1836 - 142 페이지
...be impregnated with sin. " My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. I have said to corruption, thou art my father ; to the worm, thou art my mother, and my sister." * The immaculate holiness of our glorious Immanuel is prefigured in the external character of Joseph,... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 페이지
...bop«. have made my bed in the darkness. Ante I. Ol. 14 I have E said to corruption, Ante'uic.c.Vw. Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope 1 as for my hope, who shall see itï 16 They shall go down h to the bars... | |
 | Lady, A Lady - 1836 - 338 페이지
...step towards the grave." The day will come when the frail tenement shall be consigned to the dust. " I have said to Corruption, Thou art my father ; to the Worm, Thon art my mother and my sister." This world will soon be to me a mere nothing. I shall exist : but... | |
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Thou art my father:" to the worm, "Thou art my mother, and my sister. 
