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" Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. "
The Works of Hannah More - Page 103
by Hannah More - 1836
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...disorder, and where the light is as darkness. This is my house, there hav£ I made my bed: I have said to corruption, thou art my father; and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister: and for my hope, who shall see it? I and my hope go down 40. D together to the bars of the pit.' Job...
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Sketches of Life and Character, from Scripture and from Observation

Henry Belfrage - 1822 - 246 pages
...Sabbath of a new year, the minister in whose chapel she attended, discoursed on that text, " I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and- my sister." An illusion was made in the sermon to the dying exercise of a young lady, who, by faith in Christ,...
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Antiquities of the Jews ... Compiled from Authentic Sources: And ..., Volume 2

William Brown - 1823 - 532 pages
...and that the grave was ready for him," as for a putrid carcass: adding in verse 14th, " I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.'" The only other notice we have of the disease is in ch. xxx. 17. 30, where we hear him complaining that...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1823 - 394 pages
...perfection' as his father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may in another respect say to corruption, ' Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.' O. N° 520. MONDAY, OCT. 27, 1712. Quis desiderio sit pudor out modus Tarn chari capilisj HOR. 1 Od....
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 252 pages
...perfection as his father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may in another respect say to corruption, ' Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.'—O. N° 520. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1712. Quis desiderio sit pudor ant modus Tara chari capitis!—HOB....
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A tribute of parental affection to the memory of a beloved and only daughter ...

Charles Jerram - 1823 - 238 pages
...eternal God ! Look at the body in the dark and dismal receptacles of the dead, saying " to corrup? tion, Thou art my father : and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister ! " Weigh the two in a balance : and connect with them earth and heaven. Put '.' all that is in the...
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The Mountaineer

Conrad Speece - 1823 - 218 pages
...vain world.: ' Let us. not forget that the hour is near, and :may. be very near, when we shall "say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and sister ;" the hour when we shall enter into paradise or into Iiell, as our unchangeable abode. O. No....
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an ..., Volume 10

1824 - 298 pages
...perfection as his father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may, in another respect, say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. No. 520. MONDAY, OCT. 27. By Steele. From the Letter-Box. Quis deaiderio sit pudor airf modus Tan chari...
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Moral Essays in Praise of Virtue

1824 - 188 pages
...perfection as his Father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may, in another respect say, to " corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister," HAPPY EFFECTS OF CONTEMPLATING THE WORKS OF NATURE. WITH the Divine works we are in every place surrounded....
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Poems: Miscellanies, The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, Davideis ..., Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1905 - 484 pages
...Creator or Father; and the Scripture gives us a much worse kindred; I have said to Corruption, than art my Father; and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister, Job 17. v. 14. 3And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, * and the heavens shall be rolled „•...
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