For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will... Phaedo, Or, the Immortality of the Soul - Page 197by Plato - 1854 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1795 - 848 pages
...Admirable is that of Job, chap. 14. " Man со" mcth f.irtli as a Hower, and ч tut down. — " Ther« is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that " it will l;>rotit again, and that the icmicr braneli " thereof will not ceafe; bur man dieth, ami " wafteth... | |
| Universalism - 1800 - 490 pages
...death, •will return no more to live in his present state, or to possess his present enjoyments. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and... | |
| Universalism - 1800 - 498 pages
...death, will return no more to live in his present state, or to possess his present enjoyments. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down> that ir will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...the grave, he sinks into everlasting night, and never riseth more. " For there " is hope," says he, " of a tree, if it be cut " down, that it will sprout again, and that the " tender branch thereof will not cease : though " the root thereof wax old in the earth,... | |
| James Fisher - Meditations - 1803 - 364 pages
...forth. This puts me in mind of what the man of patience beautifully exprefleth in thefe words: " For there is hope of a tree, if it " be cut down, that it will fprout again, and " that the tender branch thereof will not " ceafe : though the root thereof wax old... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; for there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...wi'h as much pleasure a» the hireling, or day labourer, f meets ¡he sliatf'jw of the n'ening. For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender 8 branch thereof wjll not cease. Though the root thereof wax 9 old in the earth,... | |
| 1805 - 664 pages
...dclcripiion is corrcA. ' Ilia's wofkwas publithcd abuut 40 years ago; * Yours, &<i. HANTONIENSIS. " There is hope of a Tree, if it be cut down, that it will I'prout a»'ain; and that the tender branch thereof will not c;afe." Job xiv. j. To TA KNIGHT, Eaa!... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1805 - 724 pages
...celebrated addrels to the fun in Gllun's Works ; and this is, perhaps, excelled by the facred poet. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will yet fprout, and the branches i hereof wilj not ceafe. Though the root ot it wax old in the eanii, mid... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...with the reflection, when we see a good man fall into a fault, or a wise man guilty of an error, 'that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.' LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE. AMERICAN.... | |
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