Literary Characteristics and Achievements of the BiblePoe & Hitchcock, 1863 - 368 страница |
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... instances of it occur , they surpass all la- bored eloquence , in the same degree , and for the same reasons , that the ease of nature surpasses the efforts of art . Some of Isaiah's lyric outbursts ; or Job's mag- nificent sketches ...
... instances of it occur , they surpass all la- bored eloquence , in the same degree , and for the same reasons , that the ease of nature surpasses the efforts of art . Some of Isaiah's lyric outbursts ; or Job's mag- nificent sketches ...
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... instances of the parable which are not wanting in any excellence be- longing to this species of composition . What can be more forcible , more apposite , more persuasive , and more beautiful than Jotham's " Parable of the Trees ...
... instances of the parable which are not wanting in any excellence be- longing to this species of composition . What can be more forcible , more apposite , more persuasive , and more beautiful than Jotham's " Parable of the Trees ...
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... instances will not be found in any literature . Indeed , it is this figure which , beyond all others , elevates the style of Scripture ; for no personifica- tions employed by any poets are so magnificent and striking as those of the ...
... instances will not be found in any literature . Indeed , it is this figure which , beyond all others , elevates the style of Scripture ; for no personifica- tions employed by any poets are so magnificent and striking as those of the ...
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... instance , that Moses was a type of Christ , in respect that danger threatened the infancy of both , is to confound a mere historical coincidence with typical identity . Here was no root - principle , no essential law , nor any funda ...
... instance , that Moses was a type of Christ , in respect that danger threatened the infancy of both , is to confound a mere historical coincidence with typical identity . Here was no root - principle , no essential law , nor any funda ...
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... instances of the sublime . Without needlessly multiplying examples , some few may be cited by way of specimens . In his narrative of the creation , Moses has several strokes of the true sublime , one especially , which drew commendation ...
... instances of the sublime . Without needlessly multiplying examples , some few may be cited by way of specimens . In his narrative of the creation , Moses has several strokes of the true sublime , one especially , which drew commendation ...
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Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 80 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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?
Страница 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.