 When it raineth, it is his penthouse; when it bloweth, it is his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose; in winter he can wrap it close; at all times he can use it; never heavy, never cumbersome.  Littell's Living Age - Seite 1301848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 Seiten
...outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloke for a thief. First the outlaw being for his many crimes and villanies banished from the towns and houses of...his tent ; when it freezeth it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; at all times he can use it ; never heavy, never cumbersome. Likewise... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1886 - 300 Seiten
...from the towns and houses of honest men, and wandering in waste places, far from danger of law, makcth his mantle his house, and under it covereth himself...his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it; never... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1886 - 320 Seiten
...from the towns and houses of honest men, and wandering in waste places, far from danger of law, makcth his mantle his house, and under it covereth himself...his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; in winter ho can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it; never... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1890 - 644 Seiten
...a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief. First, the outlaw, being for his many crimes and villanies banished from the towns and houses of...his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it, never... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1890 - 462 Seiten
...of housing, bedding, and clothing, what reason have you then to wish so necessary a thing cast off? law, maketh his mantle his house, and under it covereth...his tent ; when it freezeth, it is. his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it, never... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1890 - 308 Seiten
...heaven, from the offence of the earth, and from the sight of men. When it raineth, it is his pent house ; when it bloweth, it is his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose, in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it : never... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1892 - 300 Seiten
...wrath of Heaven, from the offence of the earth, and from the sight of men. When it raineth, it is hie pent-house ; when it bloweth, it is his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it; never... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1893 - 506 Seiten
...wandering in waste places, far from danger of law, maketh his mantle his house, and under it coveretli himself from the wrath of Heaven, from the offence...his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose; in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it; never... | |
 | Nottidge Charles Macnamara - 1896 - 406 Seiten
...offence of the earth (for it is his bed), and sight of men. When it raineth, it is his pent home ; when it bloweth, it is his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose, in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it ; never... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 502 Seiten
...being for his many crimes and villanyes banished from the townes and houses of honest men, and wandring in waste places far from danger of law, maketh his...his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose, in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it ; never... | |
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