 | A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 pagine
...opens only to decay — the severed leaf is already withered, and dead. Such is man. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.'' " Truly/' replied Mrs. Villaret ; " every thing we see is pregnant with instruction.... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 494 pagine
...language. " 1 go the way of all the earth." Job says, " Man that is born of a woman is of few days He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down, he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. His days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, thou... | |
 | Joseph Caryl - 1824 - 282 pagine
...sympathy and compassion at the troubles of others, so that we are always full of trouble. " Verse 2. ' He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.' f'.Man in his flourishing, is near to withering, for his standing is so short, that... | |
 | John BULL (Curate of Clipston.) - 1824 - 420 pagine
...of a woman, is of a few e Hcb. xi. 7- f Gen. viii. 21. « Psal. Iviii. 3. days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow and coutinueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with... | |
 | 1864 - 346 pagine
...first passages which met his eye. " 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 also as a shadow, and continueth not. " And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pagine
...Job viii. 9. 392 OF DEATH, &C. Man that is born of a woman is but of few days, and full of trouble ; he Cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not, &c. seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee ; thou hast... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1824 - 434 pagine
...our breath. Man, with all his boasted wisdom and strength, is the creature of a day. " He cometh up like " a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, " and continueth not." In whatever situation we find him, whether figuring in all the grandeur of a court,... | |
 | 1824 - 412 pagine
...spend our days as a tale that is told — they pass as 4 dreara in the night." " Man cometh forth as a flower and is cut down — he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. They are like grass which groweth up— in the morning it flourisheth, in the evening... | |
 | 1822 - 768 pagine
...Education.— TJ\O. VI. 647 '8-1 does it immediately. They merely breathe, gasp and die. " He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not." Your dear sister, in less than one year, buried three lovely children ! one half of... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 434 pagine
...these words of Job ? " Man that is born of a woman hath but a few days to live, and is full of trouble. He cometh forth like a. flower, and is -cut down : he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not." We have already seen, that the human race has not above two-and-twenty... | |
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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 also as a shadow, and continueth not. 
