 | Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 272 pagini
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Mayhew - 1763 - 378 pagini
...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... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1783 - 308 pagini
..." 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... | |
 | John Collier (of High Wycombe.) - 1791 - 566 pagini
...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... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 476 pagini
...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... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pagini
...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... | |
 | James Fisher - 1803 - 364 pagini
...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,... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1804 - 54 pagini
...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.... | |
 | William Jay - 1805 - 486 pagini
...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... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 pagini
...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... | |
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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 continueth not. 
