| John Newton - Messiah - 1786 - 512 pages
...they faw their enemies, who had fo lately threatened them, dead upon the fea-fhore, Miriam, thefijler of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances ; and Miriam• anfioered them, Sing ye to the Lord for he hath triumphed glorioujly ;... | |
| Concert programs - 1791 - 126 pages
...CHORUS. The Lord fhall reign for ever and ever. RECIT. Mr. KELLY. And Miriam the prophetefs, the lifter of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances, and Miriam anfwered them. AIR. Madame MARA, and CHORU S. Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...crofled the Red-Sea. At the end of this fong, we are told", that " Miriam the prophetefs, the filler of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam anfwered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the... | |
| Thomas Maurice - India - 1800 - 356 pages
...singing that sublime song, which he composed upon the miraculous overthrow of Pharoah, we are told, that Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took...all the women went out ' after her with TIMBRELS and with DANCES.* It is .impossible to consider this band otherwise than as a sacred chorus of dancing-... | |
| Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1801 - 436 pages
...David danced before the ark of the Lord with all his might : and Mirian, the prophetefs, and the fifter of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dances. Dancing, however, when improperly ufed, is a circle of which the Devil himfelfis the centre. I fay,... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went upon dry land in the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a...all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1802 - 558 pages
...The chorus of Miriam and the women is introduced thus ; •' 20 And Miriam the prophetefs, the finer of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after het with timbrels and with dances. " 21 And Miriam anfwered them. " Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath... | |
| Samuel Burder - Bible - 1804 - 444 pages
...number since the days of Moses. BRYANT on the Plagues cf Egypt, p. 4O4, 410. No. 4O. — xv. 20. An(f Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a...in her hand, and all the 'women went out after her Tvith timbrels and with dances.] Lady MW Montague, speaking of Xhe eastern dances, says, " Their manner... | |
| English literature - 1804 - 188 pages
...danced through the streets of Rome. The Israelites were famous for this kind of exultation : " And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women vent out after her with timbrels and with dances, and Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, Sec."... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 446 pages
...the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, and _¿\_ half ulster of Moses, took a timbrel, or small drum, in her hand : and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances, -which was the usual way of rejoicing in >1 those days. And Miriam answered them, that... | |
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