The Portrait of Old Age: Wherein is Contained a Sacred Anatomy Both of Soul and Body, and a Perfect Account of the Infirmities of Age Incident to Them Both. Being a Paraphrase Upon the Six Former Verses of the XIIth Chapter of Ecclesiastes. By John Smith, ...E. Withers, 1752 - 237 pages |
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... seem to strain the metaphor too far , and carry it beyond the fignification of the natural parts of man ; so these feem to me to draw it too straight , while they keep it within the compafs of the external parts of the body . And fo ...
... seem to strain the metaphor too far , and carry it beyond the fignification of the natural parts of man ; so these feem to me to draw it too straight , while they keep it within the compafs of the external parts of the body . And fo ...
Page 47
... incurable ; and though fome refresh- ment may fometime seem to interpofe for season ; yet they will all moft certainly return again , as the clouds after the rain , VERSE VERSE 3 . In the day when the keepers of of OLD AGE . 47.
... incurable ; and though fome refresh- ment may fometime seem to interpofe for season ; yet they will all moft certainly return again , as the clouds after the rain , VERSE VERSE 3 . In the day when the keepers of of OLD AGE . 47.
Page 136
... seem the greater ; the other , to take the deep- er impreffion . Imagination puts a double fal- lacy upon ancient men ; firft , it makes them undervalue themselves , and minorate their own abilities ; and then it makes them over- value ...
... seem the greater ; the other , to take the deep- er impreffion . Imagination puts a double fal- lacy upon ancient men ; firft , it makes them undervalue themselves , and minorate their own abilities ; and then it makes them over- value ...
Page 155
... seem to be bigger , and ftand at a farther diftance than they did before : And unto this it is that the Chaldee paraphrafe doth directly point ; inflabuntur tali pedum tuorum . Now , the tali are fometimes taken for the aftralagi , the ...
... seem to be bigger , and ftand at a farther diftance than they did before : And unto this it is that the Chaldee paraphrafe doth directly point ; inflabuntur tali pedum tuorum . Now , the tali are fometimes taken for the aftralagi , the ...
Page 159
... taken in this latter , that is , in the figura- tive fignification , thefe following reasons do induce me to believe , every one of which fing- ly , ly , seem to have a good perfuafive power ; of OLD AGE . 159 Defire fhall fail, ...
... taken in this latter , that is , in the figura- tive fignification , thefe following reasons do induce me to believe , every one of which fing- ly , ly , seem to have a good perfuafive power ; of OLD AGE . 159 Defire fhall fail, ...
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