 For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.  Sermons - Page 394by Hugh Blair - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Edward Nares - Sermons, English - 1803 - 432 pages
..."for," as Solomon saith, " though the " righteous be prevented -with death, yet " shall he be in rest ; for honourable age " 'is not that which standeth in length of " time, nor that is measured by number of " years ; but wisdom is grey hair unto men, " and an unspotted life is old... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...wisdom shall never fall away. Though, the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest. For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life ia old... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...off in the midst of his years, he fell not immaturely : for, as it has been beautifully expressed, " Honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years : but wisdom is the gray hair unto man, and an unspotted life is old... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1804 - 608 pages
...unintermitting industry and usefulness, as was that of our lamented friend, we may apply the observation, " Honourable age is not that which " standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by " number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair unto " men, and an unspotted life is... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the highest state of life is insipid , aud with it the lowest is a paradise. CHAP. V. JjLoNOURABLE age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is grey hair unto man , and unspotted lite is old age,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 334 pages
...the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 pages
...the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair to men, and an unspotted life is old... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...in the fourth chapter of the same book to make any young man contented with the prospect of death. " For honourable age is not that which " standeth in length of time, or is -measured by " number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair " to men, and an unspotted life is... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...Wisdom of Solomon estimated life by a standard different from that in the Song under consideration : " Honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old... | |
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