 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
 | James Marsh - 1830 - 946 páginas
...man, are often literally and precisely verified : " He is like the grass, in the morning it flourishes and groweth up, in the evening it is cut down and withereth." 3. Death is a prevalent insuperable evil : Hence the proverbial expression, Strong as death, that subdues... | |
 | John Stedman - 1830 - 364 páginas
...and sayest, Return ye children of men. 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 evening it is cut down and withereth. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we spend our... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 páginas
...observations, made by the holy Moralist ; " Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up....up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth." b This comparison of the space of human life with the time, in which herbs of the field are permitted... | |
 | 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... | |
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