Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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[822:6] For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.—Book of Common Prayer.

[822:7] Like a palm-tree, and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.—Book of Common Prayer.

[822:8] The Lord is king; the earth may be glad thereof.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:1] The days of man are but as grass; for he flourisheth as a flower of the field.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:2] For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:3] To his work.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:4] And occupy their business.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:5] In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will-offerings with an holy worship: the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:6] Right dear.—Book of Common Prayer.

[823:7] The same stone which the builders refused is become the head stone in the corner.—Book of Common Prayer.