OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness... The Spectator - Página 373por Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1808 - 558 páginas
...same anciently, perhaps the words of Job might refer to it. ch. xxix. 2, 3. Oh! that it rvere with me as in months past, as in the days when GOD preserved me : when his candle shined upon my head, ( when I returned prosperous from expeditions against the enemies of my tribe, and had my tent adorned... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 páginas
...face; and now he languishes and mourns, and is ready to despond. " O that [ were as in months past, when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness!" " O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat, I would order my cause... | |
| 1852 - 862 páginas
...commencement of the twenty-ninth chapter, is beautifully elucidated by reference to eastern customs. " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle shincd upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness." For " candle " our author would... | |
| 1809 - 1150 páginas
...himself of his farmer firosfifrity mid honour. MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that 1 h-lehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and co ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; 4 As 1 was... | |
| 1809 - 556 páginas
...care ! You would then give a greater regard to my words, than you do now in my misfortune ; Ver. 3. When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light 1 walked through darkness :] Which has lett me nothing but only wishes, that he would restore me those... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 324 páginas
...if considered only as a human composition, is a finer picture of a charitable and good-natured m>- than is to be met with in any other author. ' Oh that...walked through darkness: When the Almighty was yet * Matt. xxv. 31. £7 »t.qq. •\ The epitaph alluded to is (or was) in St. George's Church at Doncaster... | |
| Samuel Richardson (teacher of short-hand.) - 1810 - 134 páginas
...goodness, as the greatest sublunary loss. PLATE XIV. JOB XXIX. 1—22. Job continued his parable, and said, Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days...upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkH 2 ness; as I was in the days of my youth, when thfc secret of God was upon ray tabernacle ; when... | |
| Eliphalet Nott - 1810 - 408 páginas
...pitiable condition, left without a friend to solace or a benefactor to relieve them, he exclaimed, " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when GOD preserved me. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 páginas
...excellent oil." Job was no stranger to this when he made this doleful and lamentable complaint : " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through dark'ness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ; when the Almighty... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 páginas
...the remembrance of former halcyon days, which the soul is ready to conclude are gone for ever. " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; when the Almighty... | |
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