The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionTiebout & O'Brien, 1795 - 247 pages |
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... if any elegance is here mark- ed , which had before efcaped him , the publication will not be fent abroad in vain , and the author will be most pleafingly rewarded . ESSAY ESSAY I. CHAOS AND CREATION . PASSAGE . And the vi INTRODUCTION .
... if any elegance is here mark- ed , which had before efcaped him , the publication will not be fent abroad in vain , and the author will be most pleafingly rewarded . ESSAY ESSAY I. CHAOS AND CREATION . PASSAGE . And the vi INTRODUCTION .
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... fent forth a dove from him , to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground . But the dove found ... fent forth the dove out of the ark . And the deve came in to him in the evening , and los in her mouth was an olive ...
... fent forth a dove from him , to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground . But the dove found ... fent forth the dove out of the ark . And the deve came in to him in the evening , and los in her mouth was an olive ...
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... fent forth the dove to fee if the waters were abated . What an import- ant errand , for fo fmall an exprefs ! Yet the induftrious little wing flew over the watery univerfe , and employ- ed every feather in the fervice of man : after a ...
... fent forth the dove to fee if the waters were abated . What an import- ant errand , for fo fmall an exprefs ! Yet the induftrious little wing flew over the watery univerfe , and employ- ed every feather in the fervice of man : after a ...
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... fent her forth again , and fhe returned no more . One is divided here betwixt fmiles and tears it is an exquifite paf- fage . The land and earth had , by this time , refumed their accustomed beauties ; the trees difplayed a greener ...
... fent her forth again , and fhe returned no more . One is divided here betwixt fmiles and tears it is an exquifite paf- fage . The land and earth had , by this time , refumed their accustomed beauties ; the trees difplayed a greener ...
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... fent unto thee , " how often would I have gathered thy children toge- ther , even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings , and ye would not ? " 66 66 The quality of mercy is not ftrain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from ...
... fent unto thee , " how often would I have gathered thy children toge- ther , even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings , and ye would not ? " 66 66 The quality of mercy is not ftrain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from ...
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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