 | 1852 - 1228 страница
...the writer himself. Hassan and the others are English or Irish folks in Turkish or Guebre masquerade. The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob, always. Moore had no power to individualize ; no more of the dramatic faculty than Wordsworth. In this... | |
 | 1878 - 656 страница
...conciliation, are heard lamenting on the house-tops that the days of the Republican party are numbered. " The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob." However scholarly the words of the lament may be, its spirit is the spirit of the savage when the sun... | |
 | Walter Hubbell - 1881 - 516 страница
...demagogues? The Union soldier, Hancock, is but the mask which hides the trail of the rebel serpent. 'The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob.' Hancock chantó the sweet ' music of the Union,' but through it all louder and shriller is heard the... | |
 | 1905 - 1312 страница
...injury, would be expected to make in the case. Counsel for appellee has well said that "the hand may be the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob." Not only do the pleadings of the defendant appear to be those of this appellant, but it is noted that... | |
 | Joseph Kirkland - 1888 - 500 страница
...winced when he saw Con Haley taken to Polanders' store to be reunited with his family. " Anne's work ! The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob ! He would never be occupied with a charitable task like that if she had n't put him up to it." Herein... | |
 | Jeanie Drake - 1892 - 254 страница
...folded and put it in a pocket, and then turned to me, with his own slow smile: " The hand, indeed, is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob. Nay, then" — as I was about to disclaim — " Quis tantus furor? I will not say the voice, but the... | |
 | F. Verschoyle - 1900 - 942 страница
...telegrams which have been sent regarding the Bestuur, and you will be reminded of the old story, — ' The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob.' I returned to Cape Town and laid my resignation before the Governor ; but people would not leave me... | |
 | 1913 - 1066 страница
...subservient Mr. Mellen, so now they speak through "Bulletin No. 14" of the Railway Business Association. The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob. In this same literature, mailed by the very busy Railway Business Association to the newspapers for... | |
 | G. F. Monkshood, George Gamble - 1902 - 308 страница
...they are strong, masterful, and limited ; they love work more than song, work more than wine, \jrork more than woman.] Now and again the ecstasy of conviction...Balzac's characters, he is " loaded to the muzzle with will " ; and, as Henry James said of Balzac himself, in the years to come, it will be seen that " he... | |
 | Texas. Court of Civil Appeals - 1908 - 754 страница
...injury, would be expected to make in the case. Counsel for appellee has well said that the hand may be the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob. Not only do the pleadings of the defendant appear to be those of this appellant, but it is noted that... | |
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The hand is the hand of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob,' " I said, though I wasn't sure whether the quotation was exactly appropriate. 
