For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou earnest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth... Pilgrimages to English Shrines - Página 47por Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1850Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Godwin - 1831 - 614 páginas
...is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep ; or as grass : in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human... | |
| Thomas Wright - 1831 - 424 páginas
...with a flood, — they are as a sleep, — they are like the grass which groweth up in the morning ; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, — in the evening it is cut down and withereth. Many generations have already passed away since that hour when the heavens and the earth arose ; they... | |
| William Godwin - 1831 - 504 páginas
...and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep; or as grass: in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human... | |
| William Godwin - 1831 - 496 páginas
...as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep; or as grass: in the morning it flourished!, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human... | |
| George Young - 1832 - 256 páginas
...cut down." " All flesh is us grass, and all thegoodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." " In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth."* Such also are all human enjoyments. While our hopes are fair and hlooming, and we are promising ourselves... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 páginas
...Clotlte the grots, &c.] Thou earnest "them" ("mankind") away as with a flood; they are at a sleep: ! flourished) and groweth up, in the evening It is cut down and withereth. Pt. xc. 5, 6. When the wicked... | |
| Ann Taylor - 1832 - 106 páginas
...76 55 Upon Life 77 5(i Upon Death 79 57 Against Selfishness 80 58 " In the morning it flourisliet'.i and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth" . . 81 59 Humility 82 60 " Set your affections on things above" ... 83 (il For the last Day of the... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 páginas
...away as with a flood; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up : 28 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. SECTION XXI.—Of Death. LESSON CXX. MAN that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.... | |
| 1833 - 652 páginas
...sayest, Return, ye children of men. Thou carriest them away as with a flood : they are as a sleep — in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth— in the evening it is cut down and withereth." Yes, my brethren, how many are the dwellings around us,... | |
| George Horne - 1833 - 438 páginas
...are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up ; or, as grass that changeth. 6. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The shortness of life, and the suddenness of our departure hence, are illustrated by three similitudes.... | |
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