| James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 616 pages
...chapter, and from the 19th to the 25th verse, of the Book of Job. It is in the following words : " Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed...grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. * We find the following note in Berenger's Horsemanship, vol. i. p. 12. on the use of the word thunder... | |
| Natural history - 1840 - 180 pages
...one of extraordinary force and beauty in Virgil ; but none equal that in the inspired book of Job : "Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? " chap. xxxix. 19 ; a passage often paraphrased, but never successfully. The description of the Horse... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 364 pages
...His neck is clothed with thunder 1 —and his mane Seems waving fire—the kindling of his eye 1 " Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder!"—Job, chap, xxxix. v. 19. HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE. 121 Is as a meteor—ardent with disdain... | |
| Mary Fawler Maude - 1841 - 344 pages
...veal, both in colour, taste, and flavour.— SHAW'S Travels, p. 245. ARABIAN HORSE. JOB xxxix. 19-25. " Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed...glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He niocket.li at fear, and... | |
| Shrewsbury sch - 1841 - 338 pages
...obey me, And visit thee never ; And the curse shall be on thee For ever and ever. JOB xxxix. 19. 19. Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 20. Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21. He paweth... | |
| Children's literature - 1846 - 872 pages
...soul to God to keep. If I should die before I wake, 0 take my soul to lneaNeu, foe Sesvx^ THE HORSE. " HAST thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed...glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth In the valley, and rejolceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and... | |
| Charles Rockwell - History - 1842 - 446 pages
...strength. It is of such an animal, the noblest of the brute creation, that the Most High says to Job, — “Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed...glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...for endurance, great strength in proportion to his size is the first thing to be noted in the horse. "Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou...grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible." The union of high spirit with timidity is another point peculiar to this animal, who, whilst he one... | |
| Christianity - 1842 - 748 pages
...poetry, we delighted in the war-horse of the Book of Job ; and more particularly in these words, " Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ?" before we had encountered any of the explanations of the latter clause •which have been offered... | |
| Gipsies - 1842 - 294 pages
...can read." Torribius took the Bible, and turning his back to the fire, read these words—" Hast tbou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst tbou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley,... | |
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