...That man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of mifery, — that he cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth alfo as a fhadow and continued! not ?" The words of the text are an epitome of the natural and moral vanity of man, and...

...it. For there are hardly any more obvious truths than thcfe : That " man that is born of a womap,is of few days and " full of trouble : He cometh forth...he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, " and continueth not." How frequent are the examples of mortality, even in the young ; in the hail and ftrong, who had the...

..." man that is bora of a woman, is of " few days, and full of mifery — that he " cometh forth like a flower, and is cut " down ; he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, and " continueth not." The words of the text are an epitome of the natural and moral vanity of many and contain two diftinct...

...Man that is born of a Woman, has but " a few days to live, and is full of trouble ; he fpringeth up as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, and continueth not. The twenty-ninth, a fweet enchanting pifture of domeftic life, united with Royal Dignity in *11 its...

...hearers with commiseration, devotion, and self-abasement. — Man that is born of a woman is of fea) days and full of trouble ! He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down: he fleet k as a shadozv, and continueth pot. Job xiv. I, 2. ft 4 It It is generally easier to understand...

...born of a woman, is of few days, " and full of mifery — that he cometh forth like i VoL V, ' F -" flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, " and continueth not." The words of the text are an epitome of the natu.ral and mpral vanity of man, and contain two diftincl...

...no more : " Man that is born of a woman is " of few days and full of trouble; he com" eth forth like a flower, and is cut down; *' he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, and continu" eth not," Job xiv. 2. » Man in infancy flourifheth like a flower, fpringeth up in childhood,...

...and his age is, as nothing, before Thee. Verily every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity. He cometh forth, as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also, as a shadow, and continueth not. We are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled....

...burning." " Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days and " full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and " is cut down : he fleeth alfo as ^a fhadow, and c'on" tinueth not." " The fathers, where are they ? and" the prophets, do they live for ever ?" We...

...which yet seems to be the effect of accident rather than of art : " Man that is born of a " woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a " flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and con" tinueth not." Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for...