 He is sensible of no calamity but the burning a stack of corn, or the overflowing of a meadow, and thinks Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass. For death he is never troubled, and if he...  The Monthly Magazine - Seite 2751809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Earle - 1899 - 204 Seiten
...burning a fl d 8tack of corn or the overflowing of a meadow, and thinks Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass. For death he is never troubled, and if he get in but his harvest before, let it come when it... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 Seiten
...burning a stack of corn, or the over-flowing of a meadow, and thinks Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass. For death he is never troubled, and if he get in but his harvest before, let it come when it... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1913 - 624 Seiten
...Fellow, who " never praises God but on good ground"; and who thinks " Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass ? " Or, as a mere matter of quaint novelty of style, the final reference of A Young Raw Preacher... | |
 | Charles Whibley - 1913 - 326 Seiten
...rashers for posterity.' Is it any wonder that such a man should think ' Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass ? ' The chief lesson of Earle's book also is the uniformity of human nature, and nowhere does... | |
 | John Earle - 1920 - 218 Seiten
...greatest Plague that ever was, not because it Drowned the World, but spoyl'd the grasse. For Death hee is never troubled, and if he get in but his Harvest before, let it come when it 50 will, he cares not. 1 intelligence 6 criticises 2 occupation 7 countrified 3 salads s strengthen... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 Seiten
...burning a stack of corn or the overflowing of a meadow, and thinks Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass. For death he is never troubled, and if he get in but his harvest before, let it come when it... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1825 - 606 Seiten
...except only market-day, when, if his corn sell well, he thinks he may be drunk with a good conscience. For death he is never troubled, and if he get in but his harvest before bad weather; let it come when it will he cafes not." Herald. LIVERY SERVANTS. " Mark their badges,... | |
 | Lucy Cecil Lillie - 1878 - 380 Seiten
...burning of a stack of corn or the overflowing of a meadow, and thinks Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was ; not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass. For death he is never troubled, and if he get in but his harvest before, let it come when it... | |
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