Literary Characteristics and Achievements of the BiblePoe & Hitchcock, 1863 - 368 páginas |
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Página 43
... touch as he . There is the sententious , aphoristic style of Solomon ; the fervid , bold , and masculine style of Peter , every way so like the man himself ; the brilliant , burning style of Isaiah , as if fire- flashes from a truly ...
... touch as he . There is the sententious , aphoristic style of Solomon ; the fervid , bold , and masculine style of Peter , every way so like the man himself ; the brilliant , burning style of Isaiah , as if fire- flashes from a truly ...
Página 68
... touching his vineyard . My well - beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it , and gathered out the stones thereof , and planted it with the choicest vine , and built a tower in the midst of it , and also made a ...
... touching his vineyard . My well - beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it , and gathered out the stones thereof , and planted it with the choicest vine , and built a tower in the midst of it , and also made a ...
Página 102
... touch the heart ; by the picturesque , to fascinate the eye . An author who succeeds in doing this proves himself a very master in literature . Swaying at his will the imagination , the emotions , and the taste , who will deny his power ...
... touch the heart ; by the picturesque , to fascinate the eye . An author who succeeds in doing this proves himself a very master in literature . Swaying at his will the imagination , the emotions , and the taste , who will deny his power ...
Página 121
... touch and set in mo- tion the softer feelings of the breast . Less powerful perhaps than the sublime , its voice is more plaintive and persuasive . It seeks not to overawe and amaze , but to merit and subdue the soul to all tender emo ...
... touch and set in mo- tion the softer feelings of the breast . Less powerful perhaps than the sublime , its voice is more plaintive and persuasive . It seeks not to overawe and amaze , but to merit and subdue the soul to all tender emo ...
Página 123
... touching in Esau's sorrow , on finding that his brother had received the parental blessing : " And when Esau heard the words of his father , he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry , and said unto his father , Bless me , even me ...
... touching in Esau's sorrow , on finding that his brother had received the parental blessing : " And when Esau heard the words of his father , he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry , and said unto his father , Bless me , even me ...
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Página 137 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Página 69 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Página 93 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Página 68 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
Página 80 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Página 79 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Página 75 - Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, thou knowest.
Página 84 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps ; Fire and hail ; snow and vapor ; stormy wind fulfilling His word ; Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all cedars ; Beasts and all cattle ; creeping things and flying fowl ; HARVEST SERVICE OR THANKSGIVING.
Página 115 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 122 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.