The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionJ. Murray and G. Robinson, 1782 - 240 páginas |
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... reason , who might erect His ftature , and , upright , with front ferene , Govern the reft , felf - knowing , and from thence , Magnanimous to correspond with heaven . After all , I may , poffibly , be cenfured by fome , for confidering ...
... reason , who might erect His ftature , and , upright , with front ferene , Govern the reft , felf - knowing , and from thence , Magnanimous to correspond with heaven . After all , I may , poffibly , be cenfured by fome , for confidering ...
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... the heart . If fuch the origin of dress , if fuch the history of external decoration , how few reasons have we to plume ourselves upon our finery ! LONGEVITY . PASSAGE . AND ALL THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH OF SCRIPTURE . 23.
... the heart . If fuch the origin of dress , if fuch the history of external decoration , how few reasons have we to plume ourselves upon our finery ! LONGEVITY . PASSAGE . AND ALL THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH OF SCRIPTURE . 23.
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... reasons thou art thus diftinguished in the scale , is a fecret not to be examined : flattering enough it is , that thou art diftin- guifhed . But though all things are in fubjection , nothing was born to flavery . Scorn to be the tyrant ...
... reasons thou art thus diftinguished in the scale , is a fecret not to be examined : flattering enough it is , that thou art diftin- guifhed . But though all things are in fubjection , nothing was born to flavery . Scorn to be the tyrant ...
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... reason to fear the matter had , by fome means , reached the ear of Pharoah and this brings about another change of his juve- nile fortunes . He fled from danger to Midian , and fat himself down by a well . Here , in a little time , his ...
... reason to fear the matter had , by fome means , reached the ear of Pharoah and this brings about another change of his juve- nile fortunes . He fled from danger to Midian , and fat himself down by a well . Here , in a little time , his ...
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... reasons already urged fhe might ( had : fhe been a woman of the world ) have added many others : fuch as the expecting condition in which the left her half - famish- ed child - her own extreme hunger , and the piety of preferving ...
... reasons already urged fhe might ( had : fhe been a woman of the world ) have added many others : fuch as the expecting condition in which the left her half - famish- ed child - her own extreme hunger , and the piety of preferving ...
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Abraham affift alfo allufions anſwer Balaam beauty becauſe behold bleffings Boaz bofom brethren brother children of men cifm circumftances compofition confequence damfel darkneſs daugh daughter defcription defign defire deſtroy difplay diſcovered Efau ESSAY facred fafe faid unto fame father fcarce fcriptures feem fenfe fenfibility fent fentence fentiments fervant feven fhall fhew fhould filence fimplicity fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpirit freſh ftill fubject fublimity fuch fuperior furely Gath Goliah hand hath heart Heaven herſelf himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe human Ifaac Ifrael illuftrated inftance interefting itſelf Jacob Jofeph laft laſt lefs Lord mafter Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Naomi nature obferve occafion Orpah paffages paffions pafs Palemon PASSAGE Philiftine poffible prefent puniſhment racter reaſon Ruth ſaid ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtill tenderneſs thee thefe themſelves theſe thine thing thofe thoſe tion tural verfe verſe whofe
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Página xiv - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Página 108 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Página 188 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Página 182 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
Página xiv - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Página 233 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Página xix - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Página 17 - Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Página 20 - At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer What I desire to give ; and much less take What I shall die to want : But this is trifling ; And all the more it seeks to hide itself, The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me...
Página 193 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth.