The Poetry of the Pentateuch, Volume 2E. Churton, 1839 - Bible |
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... employ more freely and more daringly that imagery , in particular , which is borrowed from the most obvious and familiar objects , and the figurative effect of which is established and defined by general and constant use . This , as it ...
... employ more freely and more daringly that imagery , in particular , which is borrowed from the most obvious and familiar objects , and the figurative effect of which is established and defined by general and constant use . This , as it ...
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... of remarkable events . God and his attributes are the themes which those bards exclusively celebrate - the grandest that lan- guage can be employed to adorn , and to the supreme dignity of which poetry so essentially belongs , as 8.
... of remarkable events . God and his attributes are the themes which those bards exclusively celebrate - the grandest that lan- guage can be employed to adorn , and to the supreme dignity of which poetry so essentially belongs , as 8.
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... employed to curse Israel , was under the immediate control of the true God ; he , con- sequently , leads his royal patron to the infer- ence not to be evaded , that , though endowed with the gift of prophecy , he was , nevertheless ...
... employed to curse Israel , was under the immediate control of the true God ; he , con- sequently , leads his royal patron to the infer- ence not to be evaded , that , though endowed with the gift of prophecy , he was , nevertheless ...
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... employed to devote a whole people to destruc- tion , that he either did not , or would not , be- lieve what was thus solemnly delivered . It appears hardly credible to a really pious mind , that Balaam , favoured as he was with a direct ...
... employed to devote a whole people to destruc- tion , that he either did not , or would not , be- lieve what was thus solemnly delivered . It appears hardly credible to a really pious mind , that Balaam , favoured as he was with a direct ...
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... employed in the first ; the immediate reference being to a more exalted object , the language conse- quently assumes a tone of greater elevation . Besides this , the structure of each hemistich , the euphonious collocation of the words ...
... employed in the first ; the immediate reference being to a more exalted object , the language conse- quently assumes a tone of greater elevation . Besides this , the structure of each hemistich , the euphonious collocation of the words ...
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Abraham almighty Amalek Amalekites animal Balaam Balak bard Bashan beauty benediction Bishop Bishop Lowth blessing Canaan chapter clause consequently couplet David declared Deity descendants dispensations distich distinction divine earth Edom Egypt eminently enallage enemies exhibited expression extreme father favour fire force fruitful gecko gentiles God's gradational parallelism hath heathen heaven Hebrew poetry hemistich Herder holy Houbigant hyperbaton idea idolatries idols implies inheritance inspired Israel Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jeshurun Jews Joseph Judah judgments Kenites king land latter lawgiver Levites likewise literal Lord Lowth ment mercy Messiah metaphor mind Moab Moabites Moses mountains nations nevertheless observed omnipotence passage patriarch Pethor phrase poem poet poetical portion possession posterity produced prophecy prophetic ode provoked quatrain reem refer rendered rock sacred says scripture sense signifies solemn spirit sublime sword synecdoche thee things thou tion translation tribe unto vengeance verse whole words worship
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Page 130 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 385 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 433 - Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him ; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children : for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Page 545 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 400 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 132 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 438 - Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side ? let him come unto me.
Page 50 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 125 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 269 - Where is now their God ? But our God is in the heavens : he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not...