The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionTiebout & O'Brien, 1795 - 247 pages |
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... hiftory , as , -On fhe came Led by her heavenly Maker , and adorn'd With all that earth , or heaven could bestow To make her amiable furpaffes any delineation of female grace and attraction , which hath been since attempted to fay the ...
... hiftory , as , -On fhe came Led by her heavenly Maker , and adorn'd With all that earth , or heaven could bestow To make her amiable furpaffes any delineation of female grace and attraction , which hath been since attempted to fay the ...
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... hiftory of external decora- tion , how few reafons have we to plume ourfelves upon our finery ! ESSAY III . LONGEVITY . PASSAGE . And all the days of Mathufalah were nine hundred Ta fixty and nine years . O what a span is existence redu ...
... hiftory of external decora- tion , how few reafons have we to plume ourfelves upon our finery ! ESSAY III . LONGEVITY . PASSAGE . And all the days of Mathufalah were nine hundred Ta fixty and nine years . O what a span is existence redu ...
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... hiftory , and every epithet of endearment is allotted to her . She is confidered as favourable to love , and propitious to every tender undertak- ing ; nor can we , at any time , ex- prefs a courteous character , without giving to it ...
... hiftory , and every epithet of endearment is allotted to her . She is confidered as favourable to love , and propitious to every tender undertak- ing ; nor can we , at any time , ex- prefs a courteous character , without giving to it ...
Page 65
... When the fervant communicated to Ifaac the whole of the circumstances , he was charmed with her conduct ; and the last vere of this D3 of this interefting hiftory reprefents the lover tenderly leading her of Scripture . 65.
... When the fervant communicated to Ifaac the whole of the circumstances , he was charmed with her conduct ; and the last vere of this D3 of this interefting hiftory reprefents the lover tenderly leading her of Scripture . 65.
Page 66
... hiftory reprefents the lover tenderly leading her into the tent of his mother ; foon after which , he courted her heart , and fhe became his wife , and was beloved . What a noble poem , or rather , what a poeti- cal fact , is here ...
... hiftory reprefents the lover tenderly leading her into the tent of his mother ; foon after which , he courted her heart , and fhe became his wife , and was beloved . What a noble poem , or rather , what a poeti- cal fact , is here ...
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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