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... figure , without seeming to derogate from his grandeur ; for " to whom , " says the Prophet , " will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare unto him ? " In the passage before us , however , there is no direct or positive ...
... figure , without seeming to derogate from his grandeur ; for " to whom , " says the Prophet , " will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare unto him ? " In the passage before us , however , there is no direct or positive ...
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... figure so daring as this in any secular poem . None but an inspired poet could take such a license with the Divine ... figures , but also is peculiarly adapted or fitted for their reception - if , indeed , it be not the only species of ...
... figure so daring as this in any secular poem . None but an inspired poet could take such a license with the Divine ... figures , but also is peculiarly adapted or fitted for their reception - if , indeed , it be not the only species of ...
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Thomas Carter. be not the only species of poetry in which such figures are really allowable . The concluding sen- tence of ... figure or diction . It is but a simple narration of a matter of fact . Yet I think it has a relative beauty : a ...
Thomas Carter. be not the only species of poetry in which such figures are really allowable . The concluding sen- tence of ... figure or diction . It is but a simple narration of a matter of fact . Yet I think it has a relative beauty : a ...
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... as stubble . " No figures , perhaps , could have more forcibly represented the entire ruin and annihilation of a vanquished army . In the enumeration of the means by which this vic- ON SACRED AND DEVOTIONAL POETRY . 33.
... as stubble . " No figures , perhaps , could have more forcibly represented the entire ruin and annihilation of a vanquished army . In the enumeration of the means by which this vic- ON SACRED AND DEVOTIONAL POETRY . 33.
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... figure of speech which is , I think , singularly bold . I refer to the phrase , " the blasts of thy nostrils . " This would surely be too bold an image for any other than a divinely- inspired poet ; and even by him for any but a sacred ...
... figure of speech which is , I think , singularly bold . I refer to the phrase , " the blasts of thy nostrils . " This would surely be too bold an image for any other than a divinely- inspired poet ; and even by him for any but a sacred ...
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Page 61 - Judah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until he come to Shiloh ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 140 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 46 - 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 50 - For a fire is kindled in Mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 55 - And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Page 60 - Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch.
Page 8 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 65 - And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath...
Page 70 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 31 - The enemy said I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.