 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 lehte
...REWARD ALSO IS WITH THE LORD, AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH. VERSE II. HE COMETH FORTH LIKE A FLOWER, AND IS CUT DOWN : HE FLEETH ALSO AS A SHADOW, AND CONTINUETH NOT. " THE firft of thefe fimiles beautifully reprefents the tender compofition of man's •' frame, which... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 lehte
...passers by, " 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," Job xiv. 1, 2. I like to look on etchings, drawings, engravings, and pictures, and am oftentimes spell-bound... | |
 | 1813 - 996 lehte
...these words : " Man that is born of a woman is of few davs, 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 briiu;est me this old rooted vice, and to culti-... | |
 | 1842
...Minister and Clerks shall sing : rn 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 eontinueth not. Job xiv. 1, I.* 3. the Minister shall say. tth pleased Almighty God, in his good Providence,... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1804 - 54 lehte
...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. O God, so teach us to number our... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 lehte
...From the same. 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. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 470 lehte
...born of a woman, is V i • • ' k' of few days, and full of misery ; — that he com" eth forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he " fleeth also as a shadow, and continucth not." The words of the text are an epitome of the natural and moral vanity of man, and contain... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 lehte
...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...and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and con" tinueth not." Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its... | |
 | James Fisher - 1806 - 352 lehte
...more : " 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," Job xiv. 2. Man in infancy flourisheth like a flower, springeth up in childhood, blossometh and buddeth... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 416 lehte
...which yet seems to be the effect of accident rather than of art : " Man that is bora of a woman " is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh *{ forth...he fleeth " also as a shadow, and continueth not.'' Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its harmony ; and yet every... | |
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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. 
