The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionJ. Murray and G. Robinson, 1782 - 240 Seiten |
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... once omnipotence and benignity ! AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT , AND THERE WAS LIGHT . There is no reading this without a tremor of veneration : there is no thinking upon it , without astonishment ! It is , at once , fo amazing an ...
... once omnipotence and benignity ! AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT , AND THERE WAS LIGHT . There is no reading this without a tremor of veneration : there is no thinking upon it , without astonishment ! It is , at once , fo amazing an ...
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... once projected , and the fecret of its conftruction once imparted , it was not likely to be forgotten ; fo far otherwife , that we ftand indebted to it , for many valuable bleffings - for the advan- tages of commerce , the pleasure of ...
... once projected , and the fecret of its conftruction once imparted , it was not likely to be forgotten ; fo far otherwife , that we ftand indebted to it , for many valuable bleffings - for the advan- tages of commerce , the pleasure of ...
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... once a high fense of infult , and a becom- ing veneration for the great focial compact , by which men are united to each other : " Should he deal with our fifter , as with an " harlot ? " A concise question this , but comprehending ...
... once a high fense of infult , and a becom- ing veneration for the great focial compact , by which men are united to each other : " Should he deal with our fifter , as with an " harlot ? " A concise question this , but comprehending ...
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... ! How are we ftruck in the history of the world , with empires that once flourish- ed , and nations , whose people are no more ! One man drops the fceptre , and another takes takes it up . The father finks into his shroud.
... ! How are we ftruck in the history of the world , with empires that once flourish- ed , and nations , whose people are no more ! One man drops the fceptre , and another takes takes it up . The father finks into his shroud.
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... they first began to envy the poor lad , they did not , all at once , outrageoufly affault him ; but the paffion was left to grow , naturally ; the • fire was permitted to kindle from the first fpark into fire 102 SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL.
... they first began to envy the poor lad , they did not , all at once , outrageoufly affault him ; but the paffion was left to grow , naturally ; the • fire was permitted to kindle from the first fpark into fire 102 SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL.
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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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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.