 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
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...priests of Baal to prevé the truth of their deity : For it is said expressly, "He mecked 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 peradvcnture he sleepeth, and must be awaked." And Solomon takes the like method to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 314 pages
...when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deky,; " mocked them, and said : Cry. aloud for he is a god either he is talking, or he is pursuing, o,r he is in ajourney, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united... | |
 | Lady - 1824 - 452 pages
...said Elijah, with cutting irony, his pious indignation now excited by their horrible superstitions, " for he is a god : either he is talking — or he is pursuing — or he is on a journey— or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and mutt be awakened." Vainly, however, were their impious... | |
 | James Hervey - 1825 - 476 pages
...the sluices of * 1 Kings xviii. 27. " And it came to pass nt noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a God. Either he is talking,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he slrepeih, and must be a'vakeJ." heaven are shut; there is neither dew nor rain for several years, 1... | |
 | 1843 - 1028 pages
...the conduct of inspired men of God. " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a God ; either he is talking,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he aleepeth, and must be awaked." This was the keenest irony, and on the most solemn of all subjects.... | |
 | James Hervey - 1825 - 460 pages
...i Joh i. 1. ! 1 Kings xvill. 27. ' And It came top-ass 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 peradven' ure he sleepeth, and must oe awaked.' Arc we delighted with iostances of magnanimity? A -ingle... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 562 pages
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " 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." . Here was no violation of truth, in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 278 pages
...Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " 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 peradventure he s'eepetu, and must he awaked." . Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united: as in Cicero's oration... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 568 pages
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " 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." Here was no violation of truth, in... | |
 | John Trumbull - 1826 - 180 pages
...to bow'rs Elysian, Great Mars leave with her his commis[sion, And Neptune erst, in treaty free, *" Cry aloud: for he is a god ; either he is talking,...in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. — And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives andlancets" i. Kings, chap, xviii.... | |
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