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this_o be_v make_v more_o manifest_a by_o solomon_n eccles_n 12._o where_o he_o declare_v the_o decay_n accompany_v old_a age_n he_o say_v according_a to_o our_o english_a translation_n than_o the_o grasshopper_n shall_v be_v a_o burden_n for_o 5._o but_o the_o original_a word_n hebrew_n signify_v the_o curvature_n or_o crookedness_n of_o the_o back_n which_o in_o old_a person_n stand_v bend_v like_o a_o grasshopper_n and_o this_o make_v the_o motion_n of_o such_o as_o be_v crooked_a with_o age_n to_o be_v the_o more_o burdensome_a or_o the_o phrase_n there_o be_v hyperbolical_a intimate_v that_o every_o light_a matter_n will_v oppress_v those_o with_o their_o burden_n who_o be_v already_o become_v a_o burden_n to_o themselves_o and_o beside_o this_o natural_a evil_n of_o old_a age_n as_o to_o the_o body_n there_o be_v a_o second_o as_o to_o the_o estate_n many_o loss_n and_o cross_n do_v come_v upon_o they_o as_o the_o loss_n of_o some_o of_o their_o near_a and_o dear_a relation_n 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