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" 'Man, that is born of woman, hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a— "
Bleedout: A Novel - Page 7
by Joan Brady - 2005 - 384 pages
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Common Worship Pastoral Services

Church of England - Religion - 2005 - 496 pages
...earth, the minister shall say, or the minister and clerks shall sing these anthems Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are...
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Religion & Society in Early Modern England: A Sourcebook

Lori Anne Ferrell - Electronic books - 2005 - 276 pages
...laid into the earth, the priest shall say. or the priest and clerks shall sing: Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower; he flieth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we be...
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Asian Migrations: Sojourning, Displacement, Homecoming and Other Travels

Beatriz P. Lorente - Social Science - 2005 - 244 pages
...sisters are dangerous. Maugham's stories serve as a warning to his readers to beware the wrath of woman. "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery" (Maugham, 1966: 68). For Maugham woman is a curse. Prichard's representations of white colonial women...
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Religion, Family, and Community in Victorian Canada: The Colbys of Carrollcroft

Marguerite Van Die - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 314 pages
...age-old words: "We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out" ... "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery." Comfort was offered in the liturgy, not by reflecting on the good life of the deceased but in the hope...
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How Lonely the Dead

David Armstrong - 2005 - 192 pages
...funeral attendants placed the coffin over the supports that lay athwart the black hole. The ritual began. "...hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.. .cometh up, and is cut down like a flower..." But he wasn't listening. He heard nothing and saw nothing....
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Templar's Fire

Larry Schliessmann - Fiction - 2006 - 365 pages
...crowd despite what Willington had thought earlier, responded: "And with thy spirit." The vicar said: "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to...full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay." His mind wandered to the church...
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Empty Bed Blues: Stories

George Garrett - Fiction - 2006 - 198 pages
...to taste deep of sorrow and regret before we are allowed to leave this world. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower; heflieth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we be...
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Cantiones sacrae

Ross W. Duffin - Music - 2006 - 162 pages
...God-searchers in his sacred name And your contracted hearts with joy dilate. Amen. (MS) Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower: he flyeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one state. (BCP [GtP On the Mount of...
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Diaries of a Dead Woman

Alicia Rice - Fiction - 2006 - 190 pages
...encouraging me to put this one out first. Love you both always DeathMY ODE TO DEATH "Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay." —Book of Common Prayer...
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The Promise of Happiness

Justin Cartwright - Fiction - 2006 - 332 pages
...sees too that flowers have a poignant quality, as the funeral service suggests: Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, life a flower, hefleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. Before they break, they...
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