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... books of the pro- phets , and especially in Isaiah and the book of Job . Such is that noble description of the Al- mighty Power in the 104th Psalm : " Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters , who maketh the clouds his ...
... books of the pro- phets , and especially in Isaiah and the book of Job . Such is that noble description of the Al- mighty Power in the 104th Psalm : " Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters , who maketh the clouds his ...
Page 146
... book of Job , c . vi . v . 15-20 . " My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook , and as the stream of brooks they pass away : which are blackish by reason of the ice , and wherein the snow is hid . What time they were warm they ...
... book of Job , c . vi . v . 15-20 . " My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook , and as the stream of brooks they pass away : which are blackish by reason of the ice , and wherein the snow is hid . What time they were warm they ...
Page 156
... book of Job , leviathan is described as " making the deep to boil like a pot , " our notion of the magnitude and strength of the animal is not lessened , since we still carry in our minds the idea of the ocean , and apply the simile ...
... book of Job , leviathan is described as " making the deep to boil like a pot , " our notion of the magnitude and strength of the animal is not lessened , since we still carry in our minds the idea of the ocean , and apply the simile ...
Page 255
... Book of Job , in the speeches of Moses and of Samuel , we have some beautiful examples of the sublime and the pathetic in oratory . The speeches in Homer would be admired even if they were ELOQUENCE . 255.
... Book of Job , in the speeches of Moses and of Samuel , we have some beautiful examples of the sublime and the pathetic in oratory . The speeches in Homer would be admired even if they were ELOQUENCE . 255.
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