... which was numerous and poor. Domingos therefore took a house for her, and removed to it for the purpose of contributing to the comfort of her latter days. Some of his friends represented to him that this was a rash undertaking for one who had no certain... The London Quarterly Review - Page 2421810Full view - About this book
| 1836 - 364 pages
...rams, fatlings, &c. and has added to the boldness of the imagery, by introducing God as summoning all the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and bidding them to the feast, which he has prepared for them by the slaughter of the enemies of his people... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 390 pages
...phrase, " as long as my arm," beginning with thanks to the Almighty, who had given man dominion over the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and expatiating on this text with so luculent a commentary, that Scott, who had been fumbling with his... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 454 pages
...phrase, " as long as my arm," beginning with thanks to the Almighty, who had given man dominion over the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and expatiating on this text with so luculent a commentary, that Scott, who had been fumbling with his... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 pages
...phrase, " as long as my arm," beginning with thanks to the Almighty, who had given man dominion over the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and expatiating on this text with so luculent a commentary, that Scott, who had been fumbling with his... | |
| Henry George SALTER - Homiletical illustrations - 1840 - 584 pages
...he lives, and walks forth as God's vicegerent of this lower world ; but if he once become a carcass, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and even the very worms of the earth, dare prey upon him. So it is with the church ; when it is dead, when... | |
| 1841 - 430 pages
...needful for the growth and protection of the interior kernel, which otherwise would be devoured by the fowls of the air and the beasts of the field, and also for its becoming mature and fit for the Master's use; but by-and-bye the exterior things will... | |
| 1842
...these must not come to his altar. And does God thus show his preference to the young and tender of the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field ; and does he no where require young men and maidens to bring him their hearts and engage in his service... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 pages
...phrase " as long as my arm," beginning with thanks to the Almighty, who had given man dominion over the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and expatiating on this text with so luculent a commentary, that Scott, who had been fumbling with his... | |
| Churches of Christ - 1856 - 640 pages
...rational kingdom, man sits on the throne, and sways a lordly sceptre over all the fish of the seas, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field ; and has put under contribution the respective kingdoms to which they belong. The first man had dominion... | |
| Law - 1861 - 420 pages
...recompense and relief ; and if human agents were wanting to complete the work of righteous retribution, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and the fishes of the deep, the rocks and woods, and the winds and waters would combine their forces, and... | |
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