The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionTiebout & O'Brien, 1795 - 247 pages |
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... fame time , the nobleft image , with magnificence and , fimplicity and , indeed , the beft mo- derns have copied and imitated , at whatever distance , the graces of the fcriptures . Those authors relate ac- tions which are to excite ...
... fame time , the nobleft image , with magnificence and , fimplicity and , indeed , the beft mo- derns have copied and imitated , at whatever distance , the graces of the fcriptures . Those authors relate ac- tions which are to excite ...
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... fame inftant . But what where the benevolent confequences of this command ? Why , no lefs than the creation of the world , and all the ele- gancies and conveniences belonging to it ; -the divifion of seasons , the esta- blishment of the ...
... fame inftant . But what where the benevolent confequences of this command ? Why , no lefs than the creation of the world , and all the ele- gancies and conveniences belonging to it ; -the divifion of seasons , the esta- blishment of the ...
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... fame time , confidered , that we are now comparing our immortal poet with the only book in the world , perhaps , to which it must yield the palm : and , to do the author justice , I fhall not pass over thofe hap pineffes , whether of ...
... fame time , confidered , that we are now comparing our immortal poet with the only book in the world , perhaps , to which it must yield the palm : and , to do the author justice , I fhall not pass over thofe hap pineffes , whether of ...
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... fame ; pofterity is ultimately the better for it . Thus , life hath pleasing attentions and amufe- ments to the laft ; the old are bufied in defigns , which the young fhall en- joy ; the father fows , the fon reaps ; and and a general ...
... fame ; pofterity is ultimately the better for it . Thus , life hath pleasing attentions and amufe- ments to the laft ; the old are bufied in defigns , which the young fhall en- joy ; the father fows , the fon reaps ; and and a general ...
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... , and , at the fame time , affift each other , by giving fresh luftre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day and bustle of life , how fhall fhall we fleep ? amidst the gloom of darkness , 36 Sublime and Beautiful.
... , and , at the fame time , affift each other , by giving fresh luftre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day and bustle of life , how fhall fhall we fleep ? amidst the gloom of darkness , 36 Sublime and Beautiful.
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Abraham againſt alfo allufion almoft amidſt amongſt anfwer Balaam beauty becauſe Behold bleffings Boaz bofom brethren brother children of men Cicero cife circumftance compariſon confequence darkneſs daughter defcription defign defire Deity difplayed divine Efau ESSAY ESSAY facred fafe faid unto fame father fcene fcripture fecond feem fenfe fent fentence fentiment fervant ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fide filence fimplicity fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak fpirit freſh ftand ftill ftory ftrength ftroke fubject fublime fuch fuperior furely fword Gath Goliah hand hath heart Heaven hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe human Ifaac Ifrael illuftration infpire inftance itſelf Jacob Jofeph laft laſt lefs Lord Midian Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Naomi nature obfervations occafion Orpah paffages paffions PASSAGE Philiftine poffible prefent racter reafon Ruth ſhe tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion univerfal verfe verſe whofe ZAREPHATH