 | John Farrer - 1801 - 394 pages
...votaries, by which they encourage one another in every intemperate and unlawful indulgence, Come on, ht \is enjoy the good things that are present; and let us speedily use the creatures in oirr youth: let us fill oursclres tcith costly vine and ointments : and let no Jlotrer of the spring... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...away; and after oar end " there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, " so that no man cometh again. Come ." on, therefore, let us enjoy the good things...crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered : let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us leave tokens of our joyful" ness... | |
 | 1905 - 726 pages
...the cry of the revellers, as he who saw vanity under the sun heard them crying in the streetway : ' Let ' no flower of the spring pass by us. Let us crown ourselves ' with roses before they be withered,' for the day passes, and * Tate Gallery. the night. For every man his... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...away ; and after our end there is no returning : for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again. Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that...crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered. Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in... | |
 | 1808 - 558 pages
...who was undoubtedly an Eastern writer, shows the contrary : Let us fill ourselves with costly ivine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass...ourselves with rose-buds before they be withered. Ch. ii. 7, 8. Here, instead of citing any passage from Western writers, I would set down the following... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1808 - 414 pages
...we can" Let us enjoy the good things that are pre" sent. Let us fill ourselves with costly wines " and ointments; and let no flower of the *' spring...ourselves " with rose-buds before they be withered. Let *f none of us go without his part of our volup" tuousness. Let us leave tokens of our joy" fulness... | |
 | William Tighe - 1808 - 182 pages
...Anacreon." III. p. 94. The eastern use of this flower in festivals is noticed in Wisdom. C. II. v. 7, 8. " Let no flower of the spring pass by us, let us crown...ourselves with Rose-buds, before they be withered." See a floor strewed with Roses in the Hereulaneum Paintings, III. p. 61. 135. Pravins.— This Rose... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - 1810 - 472 pages
...away as the trace of a cloud — as a mist in the beams of the sun : for our time is a very shadow. Come on, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : Let us speedily use the creatures, as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...proper opportunities. But we have this custom described at full length in Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus : " Let no flower of the spring pass by us ; let us crown ourselves with rosebuds," chap. ii. 8. " Wisdom weareth a crown, triumphing for ever," chap. iv. 2. " The fear of the Lord is... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1815 - 436 pages
...as well as among the Greeks and Bomans, appears from the following passage of the book of Wisdom : " Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments,...Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, before they are withered." WISD. 11. 7, 8, 2. — the exceedingly strong one] »3T!<b V»DK, fortis Domino, ie... | |
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Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with... 
