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" They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. "
The Guardian - Page 121
1869
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Cider: A Poem in Two Books

John Philips - 1791 - 214 pages
...to the heavens and down again to the deep : their " foul melteth away becaufe of the trouble. " THEY REEL TO AND FRO, AND STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN " MAN: and are at their wits end." 231. ————— Meanwhile the loofen'd 'winds, Infuriate, molten rocks and flaming...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 314 pages
...mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths, their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses....
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Correction, instruction: or, The rod and the word

Thomas Case - 1802 - 184 pages
...mount up to heaven, they go down again to the depth ; their soul is melted because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. And 'partly, God teacheth the necessity of a life of faith by the disappointment of...
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Select British Classics, Volume 17

1803 - 408 pages
...up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths, their soul is melted because oi' trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses....
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths, their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses....
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 4

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...to the heaven, they go down again to 27 the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their 28 wit's end. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and 29 he bringeth them out of their...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne, A. M.: A sentimental journey through France ...

Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 430 pages
...passage in the Psalms, from whence one must be almost certain he must .have borrowed this image " They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end." Psalm 107; verse 27. Here, not only the simile is the same, and the expression almost...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths, their soul is melted hecanse of trouhle. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at Iheir wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouhle, and he hringeih them out of their distresses....
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other ...

Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man ; and are at their wits' end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress....
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A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha: Genesis to ...

1809 - 556 pages
...the sea; to the great astonishment of the passengers, who are ready to die with fear. Ver. 27. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at tleir uits end.~\ For they are so tossed and whirled about, tint as they are not able to stand upon...
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