| George Stanley Faber - Covenant theology - 1823 - 468 pages
...professed authority of inspiration, the doctrine which is afterwards discussed throughout the entire poem. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before 1 Job iii. my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pages
...Eliphaz, the Temanite, gave the following relation of a spectre, which he himself both saw and heard (a). In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not (distinctly and perfectly) discern the form thereof: (I can only say in general terms, that) an image... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts," or rather amidst tumultuous thoughts, " from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men...stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern are these, " shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Maker. Behold... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...teas Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself, 1 Sam. xxviii. 12 — 14. Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my...but I could not discern the form thereof: an image wu before mine eyes, there vas silence, and I heard a voice, laying, Job iv. 14 — 16. His body also... | |
| George Borrow - 1825 - 374 pages
...followed her, and the miserable William closed his life in the mad-house. THE FORTUNES OF DE LA POLE. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...Then a spirit passed before my face, the hair of my head stood up. Job, chap. iv. EARLY in the seventeenth century, on a very cold November morning, a... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 432 pages
...ancient as the siege of Thebes, which he proved by a passage in one of the tragedies of Euripides8. 1 " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence. — JOB iv. 13. r See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability, Journal... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 430 pages
...ancient as the siege of Thebes, which he proved by a passage in one of the tragedies of Euripides'. 1 " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence. — JOB iv. 13. r See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability, Journal... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...uncertainty of the thing described : In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all...stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof; on image was before mine eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard a voice, — Shall mortal man be more... | |
| English literature - 1827 - 712 pages
...of terrific obscurity in the book of Job : " Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ears received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions...the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I conld not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I beard... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...and gold, Satan exalted sat, " MILTON. . " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep Bleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling,...form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more... | |
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