 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.  Overland Monthly - Page 6821895Full view - About this book
 | George Stanley Faber - 1816 - 548 pages
...addressing them in a strain of what has usually been considered as nothing more than severe irony. Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey ; or ptr advent ure he slecpeth, and must be awaked.1 Now this is doubtless irony: but the force of it is... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, e, ana f is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, ' and must be awaked. Jjj-j9-* 28... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...,ч ini iv t iJ i in tu jJti.Tri ai iiu* MI. mal Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he it r answer, nor any that regarded. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people. Come near unto me. And all the... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 584 pages
...fuperltition of thofe i Kings who worshipped Baal : Elias, faith the text, mocked them, ""'• 37- andfaid, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is purfuiiig, or he is in a journey, or peraduenture he fleepeth, and miijl le an-aked. By which one pregnant... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 568 pages
...fuperflition of thofe i Kings who worfliipped Baal : Elias, faith the text, mocked them, xvni. 27. andjaid, Cry aloud ; for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is purfuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he Jleeoeth, and muft be awaked. By which, one pregnant... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pages
...when be challenged the priest of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " Mocked them, and said : Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or be is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepetb, and must be waked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes... | |
 | James Murray - 1819 - 386 pages
...And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god: cither he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perudvcnturti he sleepeth, and must be awaked. SERMONS TO MINISTERS OF STATE. DEDICATION — To Lord... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...occasions. Example 1. Thu? Elijah challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity. " Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking,...in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must he awakened." 2. To reprm.ea person for hisuegKgence, one might say, " You have taken great care indeed."... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - 1820 - 236 pages
...Psalm. Q. What is Irony? A. Irony, dissembling with an air, Means otherwise than words declare. Example: "Cry aloud; for he is a God: either he is talking or he, is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or jip.radr en tare he sleepeth, and must be awakened." I Kings sviii. 27. Q. What is a Climax? A. A Climax,... | |
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