 | William (of Malmesbury) - Civilization, Medieval - 1847 - 582 pages
...sought throughout sea and land, to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke and vapour ? Have they not all passed away ? Woe be to those who...Are not all these like a rapid river hastening to tinsea ? And woe to those who are attached to them, for they shall be carried away by the current.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Kings and rulers - 1857 - 470 pages
...sought, throughout sea and land, to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke and vapour ? Have they not all passed away '{ Woe be to those who...them, for they shall be carried away by the current. Kenect, 1 beseech you, how wretchedly will these bodies decay, which E 2 we pamper on such unbounded... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Kings and rulers - 1857 - 444 pages
...to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke aud vapour ? Have they not all passed away V Woe be to those who attach themselves to such, for...they shall be carried away by the current. Reflect, I beseech you, how wretchedly will these bodies decay, which we pamper on such unbounded luxury ! Must... | |
 | William (of Malmesbury) - Great Britain - 1866 - 574 pages
...sought throughout sea and land, to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke and vapour ? Have they not all passed away ? Woe be to those, who...you, how wretchedly will these bodies decay, which we pamper •with such unbounded luxury. Must not we, who gorge so constantly, become more IJisgustingly... | |
 | Thomas Hervey - Bishops - 1877 - 286 pages
...goodly things ? Are they not all smoke arid vapour ; or like a rapid river hastening on to the sea ? Woe to those who are attached to them, for they shall be carried away by the current." So king Ina listened to the voice of his wife, laid aside his dignity and went to Rome, where he devoted... | |
 | George W. Redway - Great Britain - 1886 - 308 pages
...sought throughout sea and land to pamper the appetite? Are not all these things smoke and vapour ? Have they not all passed away ? Woe be to those who...you, how wretchedly will these bodies decay, which we pamper with such unbounded luxury. The mighty must undergo mightier torments, and a severer trial... | |
 | Mrs. Edmund Boger - Folklore - 1887 - 692 pages
...sought throughout sea and land to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke and vapour? Have they not all passed away? Woe be to those who...you, how wretchedly will these bodies decay, which we pamper with such unbounded luxury. The mighty must undergo mightier torments, and a severer trial... | |
 | William (of Malmesbury) - Great Britain - 1895 - 604 pages
...sought throughout sea and land, to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke and vapour ? Have they not all passed away ? Woe be to those who...you, how wretchedly will these bodies decay, which we pamper with such unbounded luxury. Must not we, who gorge so constantly, become more disgustingly... | |
 | William (of Malmesbury) - Great Britain - 1904 - 616 pages
...sought throughout sea and land, to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things smoke and vapour ? Have they not all passed away ? Woe be to those, who...themselves to such, for they in like manner shall consume nway. Are not all these like a rapid river hastening to the sea ? And woe to those who are attached... | |
 | Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg - History - 1998 - 624 pages
...astonished. Ethelburga then seized the opportunity to warn him of the transitoriness of earthly things, "And woe to those who are attached to them, for they...bodies decay, which are now pampered with luxury. " 97 The role of Queen Ethelburga is also evident in a charter of 725 in which Ine granted land to... | |
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Where the ceaseless impertinence of parasites ? Where the sculptured vessels, overwhelming the very tables with their weight of gold ? Where are the delicacies so anxiously sought throughout sea and land, to pamper the appetite ? Are not all these things... 
