Literary Characteristics and Achievements of the BiblePoe & Hitchcock, 1863 - 368 страница |
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... prophets are made redolent with the voice of song , as if purposely to woo the approach of that faculty which poetry ... prophetic , nor John into his apocalyptic visions , could have worked so splendid an imagery ; not less then this ...
... prophets are made redolent with the voice of song , as if purposely to woo the approach of that faculty which poetry ... prophetic , nor John into his apocalyptic visions , could have worked so splendid an imagery ; not less then this ...
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... prophet Nahum in predicting the doom of Nineveh works a highly- poetic simile : " All thy strongholds shall be like ... prophets , and stonest them which are sent unto thee , how often would I have gathered thy children ' together , even ...
... prophet Nahum in predicting the doom of Nineveh works a highly- poetic simile : " All thy strongholds shall be like ... prophets , and stonest them which are sent unto thee , how often would I have gathered thy children ' together , even ...
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... prophet Habakkuk represents the pestilence as marching before Jehovah when he comes to vengeance , iii , 5 ; or where Job introduces death and destruction affirming of wisdom that her fame only had come to their ears , xxviii , 22 ; or ...
... prophet Habakkuk represents the pestilence as marching before Jehovah when he comes to vengeance , iii , 5 ; or where Job introduces death and destruction affirming of wisdom that her fame only had come to their ears , xxviii , 22 ; or ...
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... prophet , was the striking vision of the tree which grew and was strong , yet was ordered to be cut down and destroyed . Of the same nature are not a few of the symbolical repre- sentations by action , whether exhibiting past events ...
... prophet , was the striking vision of the tree which grew and was strong , yet was ordered to be cut down and destroyed . Of the same nature are not a few of the symbolical repre- sentations by action , whether exhibiting past events ...
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... prophetic style requires a key of its own . Its vocabulary is singular ; its language has an alphabet by itself . To ... prophet is dignified and becoming as the solemn folds of his own prophetic mantle . There is a noble obscurity , as ...
... prophetic style requires a key of its own . Its vocabulary is singular ; its language has an alphabet by itself . To ... prophet is dignified and becoming as the solemn folds of his own prophetic mantle . There is a noble obscurity , as ...
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Страница 137 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
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.