 | 1838 - 446 pages
...at the stake, she may have done no more than Elijah did in his contest with the priests of Baal. " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...and said, cry aloud, for he is a God , either he is talking, or he is perusing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure be sleepeth, and must be awaked."—I... | |
 | John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...circumflex (that is the union of both inflections upon the same syllable) is used to express irony, as: " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...and said', Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is talking', or he is pursuing', or he is in a journey' , or peradventure he slSepeth', and must be aw&ked',"... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - 1838 - 136 pages
...saying, O Baal, hear us ! But their god did not hear them. And they leaped upon the altar. And at noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, ' Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or he sleepeth, and must be awaked.' And they cried... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...prophet Elijah, where he challenges the priests of Baal to prove the existence of their deity : — " He mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked."... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pages
...Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah...and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 738 pages
...Pan. Hence, too, the peculiar force of the derision with which Elijah addressed the priests of Baal: ' ebuilder of Jericho, was fulfilled, according lo 1 Kings xvi. 34, on one Hiel, who lost his peradvenlure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.' Accordingly we read that these priests did not despair... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 242 pages
...adopted this figure, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity. " He mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be waked."... | |
 | Henry Hetherington - 1840 - 32 pages
...surrounding nations? Elijah is represented as ridiculing the God of the Moabites in a most offensive manner : "And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them...said, ' Cry aloud : for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventurehe sleepeth and must be awaked.'... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...IV. The language of irony is uttered with the circumflex ; sometimes, with the falling inflection r And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a God : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.... | |
 | William Gresley - 1840 - 414 pages
...mocked the priests of Baal. " Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked '." There is a 1 1 Kings xviii. 27. See also 1 Cor. iv. 8. 2 Cor. xi. 19. forcible tone of serious... | |
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And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
