 | Joseph Strutt - 1842 - 418 sivua
...into the mouth of a drunkard : " Let us fill ourselves," says he, " with costly wines and ornaments, and let no flower of the spring pass by us ; let us crown ourselves with rose-buds before that they be withered."1 The tiara, or bonnet, called, in our translation of the Bible, the head-tire,... | |
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1858 - 450 sivua
...of his voluptuary the truly Anacreontic ditty, " Come on, let us enjoy the things that are present. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments...ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered." This propensity followed them to the grave ; and, as the modern Egyptians deck the tombs of their relatives... | |
 | William Mackenzie - 1843 - 356 sivua
...to prove mirth and to enjoy pleasure. Come, say they, let us enjoy the good things that are present, let no flower of the spring pass by us, let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they are withered, and let none of us go without his part of joyfulness. But mark the conclusion of the... | |
 | 1844 - 498 sivua
...field" (xxxix. 13). And the book of Wisdom thus powerfully describes the language of the sensualist: " Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of the spring by us : let us crown ourselves with rose-buds before they be withered : let none of us go without his... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 692 sivua
...have returned from the grave : — Come on, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present ; let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth ; let us fill ourselves icith costly wine and ointments ; and let nofiower of the spring pass by us ; let its crown ourselves... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1846 - 588 sivua
...ITCome on then, let us enjoy the good things that are present. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and let no flower of the spring pass by us. Let us...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 every... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 436 sivua
...The great, wise monarch of Jerusalem exclaimed, in reviewing these very things, " Come on, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present, and...ourselves with rose-buds before they be withered." That was wisdom in Solomon's time, and it is wisdom now. It is wisdom to grasp the good that is before... | |
 | 1847 - 556 sivua
...it close." " Let us fill ourselves with costly wines and ointments ; and let no flower of the field pass by us. Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered." — Wisd. Sol., chap. ii. " Gather, therefore, the rose whilst yet is prime, For soon comes age that... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 sivua
...present, and let us speedily use the creatures like ns in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wines and ointments, and let no flower of the spring pass...ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered." The parish of Suckley not only contains some rich scenery. but presents other points of interest, especially... | |
 | William Paul - 1848 - 426 sivua
...ver. 7, 8) the following passage occurs:— " Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointment, and let no flower of the spring pass by us. Let us...ourselves with Rose-buds before they be withered." Hence it is apparent that the practices so common with the Greeks and Romans of crowning themselves... | |
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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... 
